Well, I believe it. You said before you are an experienced jig user. So if you can get the Freud to work, you would have been able to get the PC work.
I am thinking that this is just another of a long series of missteps in mid-range quality tool making.
"The old gray tools just ain't what they used to be, Ain't what they used to be Ain't what they used to be.'
Robert