Originally Posted by sniks
and the guy at the bike shop put the spacer on and tighten the lockring so not entirely my fault. they all thought that a lockring is a lockring so.
Did you buy the wheels from this shop? Even if they didn't, they should stand behind their work and should do something for you, as it was their guy who messed up.
It's also possible that you could get the hub shell rethreaded at a machine shop. It's worth a shot.