I too applaud the effort of the folks at Atlas to make sure we hobbyist get what we are expecting. I have always looked at Atlas as a top notch provider of scale offerings and have no doubt my Milwaukee Road ABA purchase will be a great addition to my roaster. I paid for them over a month ago and thanks to Muffin Man they should be in my hands sometime on Tuesday.
I do however agree with David as to why they can't sent a QC guy to the factory to make sure production is everything they expect. It sure would cut down on the BS that's going on here in the US. Scott Mann does this for just about every project they do. Case in point, my SD7 is a real beauty and I sure my F7's will be too. It's just to bad that this go around things got a bit sour.