i, too, had problems with the 10e nxt i picked up a few days ago at BPS. the rub rail had a gash in it - it was only packaged in a single sheet of thick plastic...very disappointing. also, i ordered the nxt, not the 10e and the side of the boat says "10e". watched a video about this boat before i ordered it, and the pelican guy points out the nice, new "metallic" gray color of the top hull on the "upgraded" nxt, but mine is a flat gray.
waiting to hear back from bps about returning this one ?
does your nxt have a "metallic color" upper hull?