No, not "pretty simple" I'm actually the person with whom ordered the bearings and who you talked to. Jason was notified of this delay by me,because it is his engine that I'm building,and the conversation you and I had about it.
While we were on the phone, before I arrived at the conclusion you were not interested in being accommodating I specifically told you " I just sent pictures to your wife's e-mail" and to which you replied " I can't tell anything from a picture", so that's not "pretty simple". You put the Onus on me, the paying customer, to do better prep work with mineral spirits, as everyone does you say, and see how it goes. When I asked if you would replace them, you told me I had to send them back first, and then we'd go from there,because, as you said "that's how warranties work". What I was expecting was for you to say, sorry, sometimes there's defects and I'll ship a new set out right away and you can send the defective ones back within a said time period before billing me again. But no, as I was warned, you just came out of the gate defensive and condescending.
I asked Jason not to post because well, nobody wins an argument on the internet, but I won't let you revise our phone call to show lack of evidence.
I came to your website via an internet search of these specific King bearings, and having full knowledge that they were on national back order everywhere, when your site showed no signs of NOT being able to get them I assumed you had stock piled some, good for me...but no...6-7 days later I'm informed you don't have them and won't till much later....information that you should have known and had your web admin update as "out of stock" like every other Buick vendor's website states. Instead, you took my money, delayed my project and substituted Clevites (which I agreed to) only to be looking at another delay of who knows how long.
I'm not looking for a remedy here, I'm not looking for another set of bearings from you, I'm not looking for a response from you either Mike. I just wanted people to know it's not "pretty simple".