Just generally overgraded?

So I got my second book from the Twin Cities pedigree in the mail yesterday - Flash 162 - I already have a Metamorpho 9. When I bid on this book I could see that there was a strong stress line and color break at the upper staple - but further review of the scan indicated that this was the only substantial flaw with the front cover of the book, so I figured 9.2 was an ok grade.

Once I had the book in hand, or rather the slab in hand, I was really disappointed with the presentation of the book; the upper staple color break is bigger than in looks in the scan and much to my dismay the back cover of the book is dingy. I mean really grey/dirty - almost as if it suffered some smoke damage that none of the books were supposed to have suffered.

Honestly, I think the book is a rather weak 9.0 - particularly since I have 7.5s & 8.0s that present better.

Has anyone else purchased a Twin Cities book that they were less than thrilled with once they got it in hand?

Thanks for reading my rant.

Lee K