I've been puzzled why factories don't correct things that seem easy to correct. Like the font on a datewheel, for example. It's hard not to suspect that some flaws are built in on purpose as kernow suggests. I read a post on one of the other forums that the factories make super reps that are very hard to distinguish from gens and they only sell those on the black market as supposed gens. I have no idea if that is true, but it is certainly plausible.