First, thanks again for posting, i bought a pair myself.
My experience: I call guitar center and they confirm that they have 7 or 8 and to come down. My normal pro audio dude isn't there. So i haggle with the mangager for about 30 minutes getting them out the door for 160. Done and done. I take off, get home and one of the set screws is in the microphone and rattling around. Well crap, drive back the next day, ask for a new one, I tell them to bring out 3 or 4 so I can compare them to the one I'm keeping. He brings out 2 more. I open the first one and it's dented like it fell from being used as an overhead for a band playing on the sears tower. The other one is in perfect shape and sounds great. I don't know if this is a GC problem or an Oktava, but i truly love these mics. Thanks for the headsup,
Rafe