OK!
So the check cleared.
I called Weaver and told them this... Considering the recall on bridge 1.0 and the reported failures of bridge 2.0 that the I was not interested in a 3rd attempt, bridge 3.0.
I informed them that I had removed the bridge and that without a central tie in, that the saddle had no value to me and that I had, effectively wasted $250.
Long story short, I convinced them to refund me the cost of the CT rigging plates featured in the popular Liger conversion. It took almost a half dozen calls and over an hour or so on the phone as well as a bunch of emails but I recieved and cleared a check for $48, which is fine by me.
My reticence to post the details was only because I did not want my check to not come for whatever reason.