Glad it was quickly resolved.
Brad, send Rob Orlando a PM, I'd bet they could refurb it for you. Rob is great to deal with.
Ask for a full refund. If he refuses. Report him to the admins and have him banned for false representation of a knife.
This is DEFINITELY NOT cool!!!
In the original for sale add none of the scratches were visible. Still not LNIB but is the lighting in your pic exaggerating the scratches? Or was the pic in the sale thread hiding them? They look REALLY deep in your pic !!! Like they would be impossible to hide !!! Look at the bright side tho, you got a xm-18 for only 25 bucks over list price!!! Good score if you ask me