I got to agree with Darth Vater here. I have been in Fess's situation where a high end kit was sent to me with quality control issues. Did I complain about it on a forum to a bunch of people, potentially hurting a companies ability to sell their product? No. I contacted the rep I dealt with in the purchase of the drums to explain the situation and gave them first chance to stand behind their product. And they did everything in their power to fix the situation right away including giving me additional gear for my troubles. Other than this post, I have never talked about the situation on any public forum, nor will I mention what company it was, what level of kit it was, or what the actual problem was. I paid good money for a product, it arrived with problems and the company stood by their product and made things right. If anything, I should be singing praises about them.
I know the products we buy are made by people, even the ones that are made primarily by automated machinery. There are always people behind those products and people can have bad days. I would much prefer to give those people a chance to fix the mistake rather than spread rumor of quality issues of an entire company just because one person had a bad day or a laps of judgement. If the company gave me push back on my issues, then I would likely let people know about the situation as a warning to others.
Fess, I would contact the place you got the kit from letting them know you have X number of bent bass drum tension rods and would like to have replacement ones sent out to you. For the bearing edges, you have the right attitude about them. They may not be baby butt smooth, but they are not affecting the sound. If you really want to, some 400 grit sand paper will smooth those out in a few quick passes. On the other hand, maybe the roughness of the edges is part of the design. I have heard some drum builders don't like baby butt smooth edges because they feel the head sticks too much to them and doesn't seat as easily as an edge that is a little rough to the touch. As long as the edge is formed properly and is level and flat, that's all that they care about.