I went to the local anodizing place yesterday and had a good talk with them about potentially reanodizing all the parts. I took a few sample parts for quotes and to show what sort of quality I want to improve on.
The end result was that reanodizing won't remove the imperfections as it's not one thing (the alloy, machining, handling, anodizing, etc) that add the imperfections - it's everything that leads up to it being in my hands. They said the current anodizing is "pretty good", and they wouldn't be able to improve it much due to the history of the parts.
They've offered to reanodize a couple just to see what happens, and I'm taking them up on that offer. I'll get a case with bad defects reanodized, along with a better one to see how both turn out. Their facilities and team seem great and I have no doubts that they'll do their best, but they sounded sincere when they said there isn't much point. I personally doubt that the reanodizing will change anything, but we'll wait and see.
This puts us on a path with no realistic fix (providing reanodizing doesn't work). The only other option at this point would be to start all over again, but we all know that just isn't possible.
As previously said, I'll be cataloging all the cases so I can rank them from best to worst. I'll then contact everyone, in the order they paid their shipping invoice, so that you can then choose your case from the catalogue and know exactly what you'll get.
Regarding spot selling - it's awkward. I still want to list them to help as much, but there are obviously going to be more sellers than buyers. I cannot keep the cases in the house any longer. It'll most likely get to the point where I'll send the case to you if it hasn't sold. It's unfortunate, but it's whats happened.
I'll get an updated list (and how to contact me regarding buying and selling spots) up later. Some spots did sell, but then a couple people charged me back and ate into that money so I now need to shuffle money around until everyone is happy. If a spot reads sold but you haven't got your money, stay patient please. If you've emailed me asking me to sell your spot, I'll list it, but don't bet on it selling.
And finally, I owe all the participants an apology. Every participant put their trust in me to deliver flawless cases, and I couldn't due to various elements. If I get another chance at designing and selling cases, then I'll make sure it is flawless. This time there were mistakes, and I ultimately take blame as I made all the decisions that led up to this point. I am truly sorry, and I hope you can forgive me.
