Personally I'd like to see the option to receive assembled boards without asics and no assembly/shipping refund.  This is the only way I can see the parts being useful to me - I don't see anyone taking the time to divide the parts up and return them individually. 

Once the gen2 chips come out, assembled boards without asics may well have some resale value, hopefully more than the current potential assembly refund offer (which I personally accept as reasonable under the circumstances).