Originally Posted by Panthers007

Your 'guesstimate' is on the mark - I measure them when I encounter such. I usually find 'em on mass-produced wheels. This is very common on wheels for 3-speeds. They're wide. They're cheap. They're likely to arrive way out of true & round. And they've been spinning down the roads like this for many decades.

If this was on a high-quality racing or touring rim - then I'd be up in arms. With 3-speed rims they are rather expected. True 'em. Tension 'em. Ride. With the wheel above - I'd need more history of the actual source and application before getting ticked-off and returning same. I'd also want a go with my Park TS-2 and my trusty set of spoke-wrenches.

It's a tough call.