Dodgy suspension & shock absorber brackets

[tailwind]

Hello all, I have been on the forum for quite some time but have not posted before, I have managed to find solutions by reading through your excellent posts but have felt I had nothing to contribute. I now have a problem that I can not find a solution to, and may be a warning to others. I purchased a set of suspension and shock absorber brackets on ebay, from some one I won't name here, I had a lot of agro getting them, several emails and several weeks later they arrived. I was so pleased to receive them I did not think to check them. I am now trying to fit them on my chassis and find that the hole centres are 2-3mm further out from the base of the bracket they the should be, resulting in the threaded rod of the jig bending. Can any one tell if I can still use these, or do I need to scrap them and buy new from a reputable supplier. Oh this bloke I got them from has been mentioned on the forum, after I bought mine, and not very favourably.