DIY Remanufacturing Petersons Due To Bad QC

Just received 2 brand new Peterson system pipes today, the large ones, 302XL and 307XL. It's probably not fair to infer from a sampling of 2, but both of these pipes had really obvious flaws which should have never left the factory. On the 302XL, the tenon was loose and wobbly in the shank. On the 307XL, removing the stem and looking down into the shank, the draft hole had been drilled at about 1:00 vs 12:00, and drawing through it sounded like a whistle. However, the 307 had a nice deep moisture well, whereas the 302's was quite shallow. Also, the 302's tenon was funnel-shaped at the end, whereas the 307's was flat (not sure if that was a QC lapse or done purposely, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.)
So, I applied a thin film of my wife's discarded lipstick on the stem part that fits into the shank, which left marks where it was binding prematurely, and then with a Dreml and sanding bit, gradually sanded and re-marked and sanded again until I had the 302's stem fitting perfectly. I also deepened the moisture well so it will actually function as designed. The draft hole was already 5/32 so I left it be.
On the 307 I funneled the tenon end and drilled out the misaligned draft hole to 5/32", keeping the drill biased toward 12:00 to straighten it as much as I could. Then I chamfered where the draft hole emerges into the shank, which cured the whistle effect.
All of the above took about 10 minutes per pipe average. Idk Ireland's labor rate, but maybe that much added would push these pipes past their intended price point, so maybe I should not complain, I mean, at least the draft holes weren't drilled through the bottom of the bowls...
And maybe, no definitely I should have packed them up and sent them both back to the retailer asking for an exchange. If people did that, Peterson would have to get on the stick with QC. So it's my bad. But I would have to have paid the return shipping, and what if the exchanges were the same? Or worse? At least I could rectify the issues with these. But I shall not be buying any more Petersons, at least, not sight-unseen, and my local B&M doesn't stock them.

@dochudson: you are 100% correct I should have sent them back so the company would take notice of their QC problems. I have a liking for re-engineering things with an eye on improvement, and it sometimes it overrides my better judgment.
@shutterbug (I couldn't find a way to change my username or I would have...but I guess it's 2 hobbies we have in common ) : Thankfully I was successful. I just finished a full bowl of Bosphorus Cruise in the 307 (the one with the skewed draft hole), and it smoked perfectly all the way down to the heel. Easy draw, no gurgle, in fact my cotton plug I put in the bottom of the reservoir was barely damp. So I do consider it fixed. I'm not OCD about these things. If it smokes well that's all that matters to me. Frankly the ill-fitting stem in the 302 upset me more, because mating tapered parts intimately (so there is equal friction all around) by hand is tricky.
I prefer not to publicly out the retailer but it's not one who advertises/supports this site.

Update: Just finished a delightful bowl of Sutliff Barbados Plantation in the 302XL, smoked cool and dry all the way to the heel despite a bit more agressive puffing than usual (just to put it to the test). This time the absorbent cotton plug in the bottom of my deeper-drilled reservoir was soaked (not surprising considering it was a moist aro and I was puffing too hard) but it didn't gurgle or spill over.
And both petes have begun to cake nicely, despite the fact I didn't do a partial-bowl break-in, just loaded them to the top and smoked em to the bottom. Whatever the rough black treatment Peterson uses is good. Idk what people are talking about they take a long time to break in. I consider these broken in already.
And despite the initial QC issues, I must say, all my new petes are great smoking pipes, and it is a pleasant change not to have to ram a pipecleaner through my pipe multiple times while smoking.