Optimus, same thing happened to me. I bought the stick the first day it wason sale, then it broke the next. Unfortunately, the Mako is on back order and won't be available until mid June... found this out when they shipped me an M2 as the warranty stick. Needless to say I wasn't happy. Luckily the people were nice enough (after some negotiations) they let me keep the M2 and are still sending me another stick. I feel you pain man, don't think I want another Mako after seeing this either.