Gents,

bought some stainless steel bolts from ebay, which arrived today. They are A2 SS, but the quality seems to be rather...hmm, rubbish. I'm normally rather picky when it comes, well to anything, but the bolts I got look more like zinc plated, due to the surface finish:



The one on the left is A4 M5 cap head I bought of a different seller, the two on the right are the most recent ones. You can see the heads are different and the surface isn't exactly super smooth. Is this normal or is this indeed bad? The new ones have A2 stamped on the top.

Regards,
dsc.