If sold on EBay, an "Item not as described" return request is tough for a Seller to avoid.

Top dollar would come if a Buyer expected to receive a set of safe, usable tubes.

Possibly you would win litigation in the end, but, consider the legal costs.

We all know double gun folks are often very knowledgeable and particular, so an excess of information makes a better chance of a sale for true value.

I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.