First of all what country do you reside in? Are you asking for prices as I'm not sure of your question?

Im in Canada im just trying to think of a way we wont have to wait in a que and save on shipping like maby send a e-mail to a retailer and just pick it up their or a voucher to give to them ect.

every one still gets their money just same option and pay the difference but it can be done local :)

 
 
FYI, EVGA's Step-up isn't about our convenience.  
 
Yeah, EVGA's route is better than waiting to get your old card sold yourself and loosing money in the process.   But, for every Step-up, EVGA looses money by giving out a brand new card discounted versus getting both your original and the new card at full price, hence lower priority and the wait.  But you are giving them a barely-used and guaranteed-functioning card with all accessories and the box that can be used as RMA replacements without giving those people a brand new card for free every single time, unless stock was low.  
 
In other words, while some EVGA rep may straight up deny what I'm saying, bottom line: EVGA created their program for them, not for us.  If customers were the priority, then the Step-up queue would be gone by now; who honest thinks they sell full-priced cards just as slowly as their Step-up queue moves while retaining their #1 nVidia vendor reputation?  We're talking hundreds of thousands of cards sold annually, yet a few hundred on the Step-up lists take months?
 
It isn't a conspiracy and you should not take it personal, it is just business.

Ok ill put it into more simple terms
1. Evga requests proof  of receipt
2. Send in your card at your own expense
3. Send a letter to a local retailer or online retailer in the country and area the customer is in witch ever is more convenient and cheaper if stock is avalable saying you will pay the difference from the old card including shipping if their is any saving the customer border fees like us Canadians also saving on time.
4. If all elts fails have to stay in a que like it is now .
 
Just saying this will be more efficient as a company. 

I have to agree with BioHazardSperm.  Even if the cost of the logistics was not a factor with my knowledge of a lot of accounting departments (barely in the 20th century tech wise) the extra workload for cutting the checks to do this and/or issuing credit would delay everything so long that the stores would want to drop out of the program and for the ones that would stay it would probably take the same amount of time in the end for both ways.

so new egg gets your 200(does new egg even have a store? not sure lol)Then they are supposed to take a full retail sale they paid full price for and give it to you (mail it etc) then ask EVGA for money ? The price YOU pay for a card is not the price a RETAIL company pays,your just not getting it .
While it sounds nice and happy happy joy joy its a bad idea from a business viewpoint as it incurs costs ,and i dont see you offering to pay those as your already trying not to pay fees. The FEES are paid by someone,you just dont want to pay thats the issue here ,give up the idea is STUPID

....who do you think is paying customs on that card? Do you think EVGA's cost is the same cost the retail store sells a card for or sells the card to them for? it isnt .....jezzus