@alightronics
Thank you for your correspondence with me via this forum and giving me assurance that I will at least receive a refund, one way or another.
I will be shipping these tubes back this morning, using the return shipping label that was provided.
I hope all goes well... if so, I may give them another chance and try to order another matched pair as I did really love the sound of these tubes. I just really wish that they didn't arrive defective, because now I am nervous about having to go thru this all over again.
Either way, I will report back with a follow up and let you know if the refund was received or not.
Thank you and best wishes,
Don