If I pay for top of the line and they package as top of the line thats what I should get. Anything of less quality is substandard.
Like that Alabama doctor who got a four million dollar award because his new BMW was repainted in the US (by BMW, using the same paint used in Bavaria). BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, 646 So. 2d 619 (Ga., 1994)
I don't have to go too far out on a limb to think that most of the fudged data on Kobe Steel amounts to a non-issue as a practical matter.
Not defending fudging the books, but you would be shocked to find out how common some sort of "shading" is, in all industries. It is also not unusual for relevant details to be absent from the spec sheet.