Just heard back from my contact on Maul, XM is now offering $150 refund for those who want to try and fix it, my contact said if the repairs cost more then $150 they would cover the extra costs... They've got a guy in the US who is doing a repair on one of them now, once he does it and figures out the costs and also how to package it, they will let me know...
I'd be more then happy with this solution.... Before people start praising XM, keep in mind they only offered this after vocal customers
but kudos for them for doing it..