Thanks again all for the comparison pics and advice. To the sellers credit, even though he believes this is a fire, he will be letting me trade this girl for one of his babies from this season. I asked him to send me a pic of the dam, i'll post what he sends.
To be clear though, the purpose of the thread was not to bash another, but just to check my perceptual skills . I'm not going to take a confrontational approach with him, as the situation is partly my fault for not knowing beforehand what to look for, and he is offering an option to make me happy.