The thing that irks me about these new model releases is I don’t want to upgrade for a minor improvement and then a year later a new model with slightly better improvements drops and I have to spend another $300+ for it. I’d rather Valve to offer the ability to open a return request and upgrade for the price of the modules and they upgrade your old model Deck with new parts you selected. It also keeps older model Steam Decks in circulation and keeps them relevant and prevents waste.
You have the ability now… It’s called ebay, craigslist, etc.
I was hoping for a trade-in program too for ease of upgrading, especially since it gives Valve a bunch more refurb stock to resell later. But at the end of the day if you want the OLED bad enough just sell your LCD unit and put the money towards it.