Sorry to hear you were disappointed by the guitar, especially after the effort that went into getting it.
But take heart. Perhaps you can come to like Bearclaw in the top. I paid extra for it on my Bourgeois
. Admittedly, not everyone is a fan of it, but the seller may have thought it a good thing. Those features may or may not show up depending on the lighting conditions.
And action is different for everyone. A bluegrass or rhythm player might like 8/64, though that's quite high for a finger style player like me. As others have said, a neck reset on a Taylor is
much less expensive than on other guitars. I've heard it takes around 15 min.
Have you checked the neck angle by laying a straight edge over the frets to see if it lands about at the top of the bridge?
The suggestion by Guitars44me is good. Let it sit at the right humidity for a few days to see if that helps. If its been in high humidity the strings would rise up causing high action.