Brand new Technics SL-1210GR platter wobble ... disappointed!

I don't see how anyone, no matter how unconcerned about audiophilia, could ignore a wobbling platter on a $1500 to $2K turntable. But on the other hand, one should never be surprised at human nature.

Larry, I am empathetic with you regarding your wobble.  The G series have been on sale now for about 4-5 years, in their various versions.  If Yogiboy's reference to Youtube is to your turntable, then we have two reports of this same problem occurring.  (If Yogi's cited video refers to someone else, then we have three.)  Still, I would venture that Technics sells many times more turntables than do Rega et al, probably tens of thousands total around the world.  End users tend to be audiophiles who are pretty fussy as a group and would tend to notice such an obvious problem.  Given the relative paucity of complaints about wobble, I therefore assume that the problem is very rare.  Maybe less rare than a Rega turntable that runs too fast and has no speed adjustment. (I realize that higher end Rega's do employ a motor controller that eliminates this problem.)

Mijo, Sorry to pick on you.  But your (belt-drive, suspended) bias was showing. Do you suppose that stuff like this never happens with your favored brand? Probably it does not, I would guess, because they sell way fewer turntables compared to Technics, and they may be able to assemble and run every unit before it leaves California.  So QC is much easier for them.  Still, none of us, not even the OP, knows the prior history of the unit he received, and given the absence of any similar reports, at least that I have ever seen, on internet fora, I think you should be fair and give Technics the benefit of the doubt.  (Now even I am being a bit unfair to Technics; we really don't know what happened with this particular unit, whether it left the factory with this defect or not.)

The Crutchfield representative you spoke to is merely making excuses for his company as opposed to Technics. Yes, this is probably a factory defect that escaped quality control, but no, it has to be extremely uncommon. The Technics  1200 G series is one of the most talked about and discussed turntable lines currently available from a commercial source. I am sure that tens of thousands of the various models have been sold to the public by this time. All you have to do is look on this or any other audio forum for evidence to support their popularity. Nowhere, anywhere else have I read that there was a problem with platter wobble. You just got a bad example, and you did right to return it. Don’t let mijostyn frighten you from the idea of buying another one, when one is available..

That turntable is damaged, probably in shipment.  You should have zero visible platter wobble in any new turntable, let alone a quality product like that.