My take: it sounds like you would have to sue him if his 2nd one is faulty. He does not deserve anymore of your business. You could purchase a second one if you are willing to continue this bad deal/& if you are willing to take it up a level (sueing) if it too is junk & I;d say the odds are that it will be bad). Just me I would get another dist elsewhere (I like OE 70's electronic ones myself) & call it over & know that you are not alone haveing been dealt this hand. I had to do that with that crook Ben Gorman of Promax in Indianapolis when he sold me some chinese knockoff EQ heads that were all messed up when I ordered genuine EQ's. there is a company called Promaxx & that is another company altogether (& straight up iirc). EDIT I just read your above post, they just dont want to send you another one for free