Well Growers Choice Seeds at least seem to be a pretty reputable company I would hope that the seeds that they sent you at least were part Acapulco Gold. Maybe you just happened to stumble on a rare short pheno. That kind of stuff happens sometimes i mean generally speaking strains have a certain characteristic set but not every single pheno will reflect that.
Overall I have had good success with the growers Choice seeds actually the Afghan Auto seeds I sent to you BigDaddy420 those were crossed with Growers Choice genetics. That is actually one of my favorite F1 auto crosses. It is however possible that the breeder made a mistake and sent you a mislabeled seed that has happened to me twice. No matter how reputable the company there always is slight chance for packaging human error.