Wrong graphics card twice in a row

I ordered a T420S laptop a month ago and received it in around two weeks. When I turned it on, I found that they have sent me the wrong graphics card. My specifications were: 
NVIDIA Quadro NVS4200M Optimus technology (1GB)
Which is the enhanced graphics option but I received a Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000.
When I asked for a replacement, they sent me one after more than an hour of calling and waiting and I have just received the new one today. But once again, it is the Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 and not the NVIDIA Quadro.
Here is the screenshot I took of the new laptop I received today:
]http://i46.tinypic.com/x52phz.png
What should I do? Call again and ask for a second replacement? (They might send the wrong one once again)
Or just return it and find a new laptop to buy?
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Thank you all very much for your responses.
It seems that I was wrong to assume the computers didn't have the graphics card I order but it was only not activated.
I wish the Lenovo support had explained it to me earlier when I called...
In the end, I have still decided to keep the replacement. The original had padding blocking a part of the fans on the upper left which isn't there on the second which I'm assuming to be how it was designed.

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