I agree, but there appears to be zero interest from those with the power to change that (Col/Senior admin) to address it. It's been an issue for ages. Look at the countless threads we've got on how to identify a v2 bracelet from a v1 bracelet or a v6 dial from a v5 or whatever it is. We have those threads because there are those TDs that repeatedly try and dump old stock on us. I'm still relatively new to all this, a couple of years, but since I've been here it seems to be the norm (for some TDs).
While I agree on the principle, I have another view on it, from the staff point of view, the most thing people can directly solve with their dealer (with the help of the forum members in such threads) the better it is for us.
In any case if a dealer where to disagree with a request, a Help Desk ticket with enough documentation to back the claim up would have to be open and something would be done without any doubt.
I truly think most of the time, TD gets duped by either factory or wholesaler when fetching a very, very close model like PPF v1 & v2, maybe even the wholesaler or the guy at the factory mistaken (I don't say they don't do it on purpose, but could also be a simple careless mistake)
If staff don't do anything about it, it's because it's a non-issue, it doesn't happen often, if it happens and people don't notice, there's nothing to do about it and also, don't forget that while most of the experienced forum members detect those situations and deal with them accordingly, there's also the legion of new members and bland idiots that will nitpick on QC and post ridiculous claims (like one of those recently on RWG about the exact same issue).
If we start going after TDs because of those...
