So here's the deal:
1) There's no program until there's a program.
2) There isn't currently a trade-in program.
3) We'd really like to be able to offer something here, and we're analyzing whether we can do something that makes sense for both Dynon and our existing SkyView customers.
4) The reason we try not to talk about programs like this before they're announced is because sometimes good ideas don't pan out as we work through the planning, etc....
Anyone that tells you anything contrary to the above hasn't heard it from our marketing director that designs and leads these sort of programs. If you were at Sebring and spoke to the shorter, balder guy, you were talking to that guy (me). So basically you were getting your info from the person that would know about any program first.
The other guy at the show - the taller one - is a software developer here, so he might have said something more along the lines of "We don't currently have a program, and I'm not sure if/when we will", which is basically the same as the above (and true).
If you were to hold off to "take advantage of the trade-in program that was going to be available early 2017", we might have gotten a touch over-enthusiastic here. Sometimes discussions get mistaken as decisions, and we communicate expectations that aren't really solidified. So apologies if we mislead you. We'll make sure people here have their story straight.
All that said, that DOESN'T mean we won't do something. It also doesn't mean we will (see 1-4 above). We really value the thousands of you that have chosen SykView over the years, and we try our hardest to meet your needs.