Would you be upset to spend close to $600 on having a saw ported (work plus shipping) only to have the saw crap out not even a full tank in?
By your own admission, the saw ran for almost a full tank before it 'crapped out'. Now, how many tanks do you think a 'builder' should run through a saw before he sends it back? Most likely, he set the needles close and made a few test cuts. It made it through almost a full tank for you, so it probably ran fine for those first few test cuts, as well. He probably left it a little fat because he knew that the customer is a dumbshit... and then sent it back.
As far as the tune is concerned, I've never had a saw shipped to me that was tuned exactly right, and some ported saws seem to be a little more finicky in that regard. Differences in temperature, humidity, elevation, fuel/oil ratio, octane of fuel, brand/type of two stroke oil, bar length, etc... will affect how a saw runs. It does make sense to me that the saw would need to be dialed in once it got into your hands, since that has been the case for me on several saws.
So what exactly do you want the builder to do? Pay the $150 shipping to do a rebuild on the carb? Oh, that's right... you just want to ***** about how you got ripped off...
The thread is more just me venting than anything.
This thread is just more of the same old tired ******** that is typical of Valley Firewood.