I have that red gradient cover. It is seriously, seriously awesome both aesthetically and protectively. They seem to be in every Verizon store, you probably could have just run to your nearest one and bought it.
However, I hope you don't like using your 3.5mm jack for audio, because the hole over the jack is WAY to tiny, and 95% of 3.5mm cables out there wont plug in all the way without popping the top half of the cover loose. Very annoying.