Originally Posted by
halfwheel
This is exactly the reason why I won't buy tools from Amazon. I've been burned more than once--paying the new price and receive a tool that's obviously been used, sometimes improperly, and dirty. They have the option for buying used. If I wanted used, I would've selected used and paid less.
I am not getting burned. The vendor responded to me early this morning (before I even woke up). They contacted Park and are replacing the tool. I don't think the tool was used, but it may have been old stock as someone mentioned earlier in the thread. It could have sat in a distributor's warehouse in hot and/or humid conditions. The box looked new and unopened from the outside. The vendor couldn't have known the condition of the tool.