Did you actually keep using them that whole week or did you just refuse to throw them away out of spite? I've got a pair of those thumb grips sitting in a drawer somewhere where the rubber started peeling off after three days and it left this weird sticky residue all over my analog sticks. That lemon smell sounds like it came from some cleaner you tried to use to get the game grime off, am I right? How bad did the actual thumb blisters get before you finally chucked those things?

Thats just like everything now, they sell you the wrong stuff on purpose.

Huh, airflow's not really a big deal unless your temps are actually bad.

Man that really SUCKS, shady sellers like that make house hunting so stressful.

Did you drain all that gear oil out or just top it off with lighter fluid and hope for the best? Reminds me of this guy who brought his zero turn in with what looked like 10w40 in the hydro reservoir, said it was all he had in the shed.