Yea - Bobby was explaining this to me at the conference (hence why they only had the gold plated PURE and not the silver PURE at the conference)
He did tell me that future releases would not have the gold gilt and that only the 21 box sets would. While they will not be making the gold gilt again - I dont see why they cannot re-create at least the same serial number with a different key and address of course but still the same SN.
in looking at mine - the gold B does have one spot where the gold has come off:
there are some minor scratches and almost a milky look on the edges:
That being said, I dont think I want to have it returned just to get one that doesn't have the gold gilt - 1 of 21 sets or 1 of 500 sets --- not really equal value in my opinion. In my opinion when stuff like this happens, the company in question should find a way to accommodate or compensate the buyer not have them accept less. Maybe send a silver PURE to all 21 set owners?