Advice Needed - Can't Start Rebuilt 273

Talked to the cam grinder yesterday....he offered to grind me a new, correct cam, mail it to me, and pay for the shipping of the rev. rot. cam back to him. He says it was probably just a mistake in putting this cam in a reg. cam box.

He also offered to grind me a cam 1 step up, as in 268*/.450/110*, which I accepted and should have in my hot little hands in a couple of weeks or so (hopefully)

EDIT: Hey "2nd Dart 67"...what area of Oregon are you in? Near Albany, by chance?