Black spotting and scratches on the aluminum?

When I went to pick up my reserved iPhone 4 yesterday, the aluminum band that surrounds the phone had a black spot, similar to the spots which start appearing on aluminum MacBook Pros. There were also some small scratches on the aluminum. This is right out of the box.
Do other people have black spotting or scratches on the aluminum fresh out of the box?
I refused to take it. And surprisingly SoftBank (the iPhone distributor here in Japan) wouldn't open another to see if it had the same problem. So I was forced to cancel my order after waiting 2 weeks for it.
What do other peoples' iPhone 4s look like? Are there spots or scratches on the aluminum right out of the unsealed box?
Thanks,
doug

I didn't want to actually accept the phone and then bother trying to find a place to exchange it. I knew I couldn't do it there at the Softbank store (Softbank is the carrier here in Japan) because they wouldn't even open a 2nd box for me to see if another one was better.
So my choice was to accept the one they offered me or just cancel. Rather than go through the hassle of accepting it and then going over to, say, Apple Store Ginza and go through a whole big thing there I just canceled on the spot and retained my iPhone 3G.
Now all Apple or Softbank will say is start over again by going in to a Softbank store (or Apple store) and make another reservation.
That seems sort of silly. So what happens if I wait another 2 weeks and there is a problem the next time they open the box? I have to cancel and then re-order again?
Plus the free bumper campaign will be over in 3 days anyway.
It seems crazy to make the customer just run around in circles like that rather than simply opening up another box and getting a new iPhone without spots and scratches on it!
doug

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