The GS is out of stock because we are out of anodized bodies. We are out of anodized bodies because the supplier inexplicably burned the last 2 shipments we sent them. This left us without any inventory and it will take about a month to get more, assuming they don't burn those as well. I went in and had a long talk with them on tuesday, they admitted it was something they did and it shouldn't have passed their QC. This is the same shop that I have been using for the past 8 years. They committed to investigate the problem, show the steps they will use in the future (add to their ISO compliant travelers, etc), try to replate the units and salvage as many as possible (replating usually doesn't work very well, but we can't loose any more at this point).
The parts are very dark with splotches, feel sticky to the touch and the sharp edges of the part are white-ash colored.
We rejected both shipments and pulled the product off the website. We kept a small quantity in reserve for warranty service if needed until we can get the product back into production.
peter