It slipped my mind that it was Chinese New Year and the factory I had contacted for new samples didn't contact me until the vacation was over. Unfortunately, by that time, I had already ordered the USB connector from Sparkfun. They're only $1.50, so it wasnt too big of an issue.
The pins on this particular connector were actually straight when I got it, so I had to bend the pins to have the right angle and be coplanar to the PCB pads (aka parallel).
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