okay, so online cycle stores are having inventory clearout sales at this time of year, right? i happened to find a decent price on a 2008 GT Avalanche 1.0 online, so i bought it and had it delivered to the local store for pick up since the store was sold out of that model and size. everything was fine and dandy when i picked the bike up, and i ended up putting the bike in storage for a few days until the new pedals i ordered online arrived. then when the pedals arrived, and i was putting them on the bike, i noticed that one of the decals on the chainstay was actually upside down. i missed this during pick-up. by this time, the online sale no longer included that sized bike, so apparently, i got the last one they had in that size, and exchange probably wasn't an option. when i mentioned the upside down decal to one of the local store employees, he said that the bike was probably a collectible because of the decal error.

the bottom line is, the store no longer has this size, and the bike rides just fine and has no other issues. so how would you all handle this situation? and what do you think about a factory error making a bike more or less collectible? i'm just curious about what action i could have taken or should have taken. thanks.