I've just this second been offered a 15% partial refund for this. Going to ask for more as there's no way I'd have paid £25.49 knowing about the damage!
I disagree. I saw the multiple horizontal scratches through the shrinkwrap - all it takes is to tilt the item slightly to see them . . . a little manipulation of the shrinkwrap reveals that the scratches are indeed underneath the wrap thus confirming my worst fears.
Got one of my two today, and yes, the exact same marks as everybody else, it's clear as mud that every one of these has the same issue...The marks aren't that easy to see, unless in some kind of direct light, but a double disappointment in many respects. I think we're just going to have to live with it, or return for refund. I doubt replacements will be any different...
That is true, BUT - if you bought say, an Adidas tee-shirt from, say JD Sports, and when you got it home found that all the stitching was falling apart, of course you would complain to JD Sports for selling you a faulty product. But would you then also BLAME JD Sports for Adidas' shoddy production and QC process? Would you really expect them to be checking every single item for defects that are not readily apparent?
That may be true in your case, and maybe the scratches are worse in some cases than others (and/or maybe you have much better eyesight than most of us - I am getting a bit old now! lol
), but for most of us (myself included), it was very hard to see the scratches under the shrink-wrap without holding it at a particular angle in a particular light (which I don't make a habit of doing with most of my steelbooks tbh! 
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