I think he is saying he did not sell it to him with the G-1.
EDIT
I see you got it.
If the G-1 was from Jay the bottom facing the diode will have a gold looking lip on the bottom.
If the G-1 was from Jay the bottom facing the diode will have a gold looking lip on the bottom.
I thought he was talking about power. And a 200mW loss isn't too bad over a span of 5 months if it has a lot of use.