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….In my case, the car came into DT with one destroyed rear tire, one practically unworn 8/32nds rear tire and two front tires worn to 5/32nds. It seems to me as a knowledgeable car guy, that the fair, honest and logical thing to have done, and what I expected them to do, was rotate the tires, and replace the bad one with the same tire. Then I have 4 matched RT43 tires, and safe tread at all 4 corners.
'IMO', this should have been the instruction given to your son as he headed out the door to DT. In this case it follows the word 'assume' adage. In a perfect world the counter dude may have read exactly what your desire was. However, if son had those instructions with the caveat, call if they recommend doing something different, this result could have been avoided.
That said deed now done, I agree with tenderloin's post. I've returned tires (ContiDWS) to DT with 30 day ride guarantee and gotten something different. No questions asked. Sounds like three of the four tires in replacement range anyway. I've even had DT give me a decent credit for two tires in the same tread range as the one you had, so I could buy 4 new tires instead of two. All I did was ask if they would give me some credit for them if I purchased four. And the two tires credited weren't DT purchase tires.
So while not an ideal result currently, in my experience with DTs here, thinking the result can still be salvaged closer to your desire and/or satisfaction.