When we were sonus Faber dealers at a brick and mortar store in Southern California we participated in that program. Basically, if the unit being traded up was worthless, our distributor just discounted for the difference or applied demo pricing for the new speakers. Got to take a cool pair or two of fun speakers, and we got a lot of museum pieces.

Have you tried Basil Audio in the South Bay? I believe they carry Sonus Faber.