Horrible Futaba Service Experience
If Futaba had asked me if I wanted to spend an additional $15.00 to tell me that the Rx was bad, I would have told them to discard it.
Their offer of a new Rx for $48.00 shipped could be bettered by Servo City who sells the same Rx for $43.00 shipped.
If you knew the receiver was bad when you sent it in, what did you expect them to do? If you were going to throw the receiver away if it was bad, you could have thrown it in your very own trash since you knew it was bad.