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Originally Posted by invinco  Somehow I doubt that anyone who is this skeptical of the company to begin with would trust them with such a deposit. |
And as if I'm going to trust them with my equipment instead? If I don't trust them, I don't do business under any circumstances...
With this system, you don't have to take your studio out of commission to get the upgrade. You order, and you can have the modded version sent overnight, and can A/B it with your unmodded version for a month or whatever. The modder collects the deposit and can fund the purchase of boxes to mod with it...that helps them bootstrap. They can buy 2nd hand boxes or even new ones, and they can have pricing and refund schedules based on the condition of the equipment (if you buy a new unit but send back one coated in beer and bandmember etchings you don't get full deposit back). After a while they don't need to buy in any more as enough units come back in to cover fluctuations in demand, although they will probably want to offer non-trade in modded versions as well. Maintaining the same serial number for a user is irrelevant as the warranty gets fried anyway. The modder will have to test the units, but they really should be doing that anyway, and clean them up a bit ("factory reconditioning").
It would work fine for both parties, provided the mods were clearly worth it (and the units are common enough to assemble inventory of). I would even consider buying a modded 003 under these circumstances.