You don't have to accept the replacement, you could take the money and get one elsewhere. One of the shops where I bought a few good guitars is this family owned one, I can highly recommend the Hermann brothers (about 2 hours west of Munich), they seem to have both the D-55 and D-55E. Call them and ask for Ralf (not me) or Jörg Hermann, usually you can talk about the price with both of them:
Die Guild D-55 verkörpert mehr als je zuvor die hohe Kunst des Gitarrenbau des kalifornischen Hersteller Guild. Eine Dreadnought Akustik Gitarre…
www.musikhaus-hermann.de
Die Guild D-55E verkörpert mehr als je zuvor die hohe Kunst des Gitarrenbau des kalifornischen Hersteller Guild. Eine Dreadnought Akustik Gitarre…
www.musikhaus-hermann.de
Usually both handpick the guitars from the European distributors, so I have never seen a bad on in their store. Also both are/were frequently at the Fender, Gibson and Martin factories to hand-select guitars for them, so they understand their business. They only sell higher end models and only new guitars, no used or vintage guitars.
Ralf