Bob,
I would agree that your hypothetical scenario would be a customer service coup for the Outlaws, since frankly I don't see a market at all for a used 970. Since we're dealing with hypothetical scenarios, here's mine: The Outlaws offer a 'double down' deal for 970 owners...$400 toward their new processors next year. I don't know if they could afford to do that either, but it would be a way of stepping up and dealing with the problems that they know we are putting up with. End of my hypothetical rant.