It is a little off subject but when i see awesome aircraft I get the urge to re-up !! They keep turning me down !! They say I am to old !! I guess 80 is pushing the envelope a little !!!
..... "Why would Adorama send out a smuged lens with no warranty card like that in the first place?"
Simple. It could have been a counter demo or a customer return that was hastily reboxed and put in the wrong place. The order picker would not know the difference and thinking it is new stock, sends it out to a customer, compounding the error. This happened more than most people realize.
Just wanted to say 'thank you' - particularly to Jennifer for her initial post; but also for all the very kind comments from all the 'hogs'. However, I do want to stress that this speedy turnaround was very much a team effort.