Good memories, I ordered a pretty fair amount from Bower. If I'm not mistaken, I always worked with 'Frank', a true pleasure. I seem to recall him mentioning that he was moving on way back when, and I sort of drifted away from using Bower.
Sgj, I wouldn't use any component that didn't look like it was supposed to. It's just that I was thinking it could still be a dud and it would've gotten past my qc check. Headspace, shame on those folks, I'd think the new box wouldn't have even fit right in however it got packed up for sale.