Many THX to X of coder ! ... to hopefully end this roller coaster!

iTiS ..... it was kind of approved by the customer service rep that they - Elmer FUDex - lol - would pick up the cost of OVERNIGHTing a replacement but I hit ANUTTER stone wall with the sellers ... THEY needed to call FEDex to do this.

I’ll post a cut a cut and paste of their response... again - it’s obvious to me that their FIRST LANGUAGE is not English!