OP, I totally understand how you feel about the quality of the 12A red flaps. I am having some issues with them as well. My first purchase of the 12A red M/L flap, I got a problem with the interlace chain link. One of the links were widely open. And one of the quilts in the back was kinda deflated. So I exchanged for the 2nd one. The second one was even worse. There's like a dark/black spot in the back of the flap. It looks like the red leather was peeling off that's why you see the black leather inside. And there are a lot of white spots on the right back of the flap. When I texted my SA about the 2nd bag, he said it looks PERFECT to him, to his manager, and his colleages because they had inspected it carefully before they did the exchange for me. I don't even mention about the white spots like the one you got on yours but about the black spot where the leather was peeling off, it looks so obvious but I don't know why none of them have seen it. Sorry I wanted to vent too.