I suppose you're correct the rep is not the dealer, but for practical purposes it's one and the same, IMO. My point is that if the dealer/rep knows they have blade play and continues to sell them as is, they're opening themselves up for a world of PIA. Unless of course the dealer in question does not have discriminating customers, who just jam them in drawers and don't care.
I agree. In the end I believe the market will either force
LW to close shop or to improve. You can't sell 'high end' junk
for very long in such a competitive market.