Cynical or synchronicity?

Check this out. I bought a used GM car from a dealer with the 80's vintage HEI distributor. You know, the kind that has the coil in the cap. It ran fine for the first couple hundred miles and then conked out. I pulled a plug wire and held it an inch or so away from the spark plug and cranked it over. Bingo! NO SPARK! I retreated to the vast corridors of contemplation for a week hoping the snow and ice would melt so I could enjoy troubleshooting my new used vehicle without getting frostbite. I made the decision to replace the cap, coil and rotor to see if that would help. Before making the 30 mile trip back to the isolated side street where I was forced to leave it, I purchased the aforementioned parts, gatherd my tools, and checked my mailbox. Low and behold there was a flyer from the same dealer offering services should I experience any electrical problems with my new used as-is vehicle. I didn't think much of it until I opened the box the new coil came in and read the directions. The directions stated emphatically that you must have the little ground wire that goes from one of the coil anchor screws to the center terminal of the distributor block or it will cause secondary voltage punch-through which will destroy the coil and cap. Duh? Hmmmmm. How diabolical! I muttered to myself. Is this all just coincidence? Are they really trying to play this on the king of rock and roll? As I gazed down at a distributor which obviously had that little ground wire removed and was nowhere to be found. I saw the ozone and the damage to the coil. I switched it for the newbie, put another ground wire on, buttoned her up, and she started and has ran great ever since. Hard to prove any conspiracy here. I'll let the preponderance of the evidence speak for itself. Last time I'll buy a car from you clowns! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

Hmmmm.......maybe you negotiated with them a bit too hard!!
Seriously, so many legitimate mechanics mistakes can be made, I do not think any company would deliberatly screw with a customer like this Accept it as an honest mistake and move on with your life.
Count yourself lucky that you found the problem first time.
I would have guessed it would be the ignition module.

Yeah, I have issues I need to work on. When I bought the 85 Eldorado for 900 bucks a little voice kept telling me , "YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR."