Able to claim traded ship in space station for free

[Voltage]

My Friend and I just started playing no mans sky and we found that if you trade a ship for another at a space station, and go back to the one you just traded away, you can claim it for free. No other strings attatched. You dont need anything in the inventory of the ship.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

This is a normal feature. Too many interlopers were trading for a ship...thinking they were just buying an extra ship. HG just decided to give you the option of taking back your original ship for free.

The other reality is there are so many ways to exploit the game, they just leave it to players to self-police their behaviors. You can use the save game editor and give yourself whatever you want as often as you like.