Tire rubbing ball joint grease fitting, rim rubbing upper control arm

I bought a set of ralley wheels and tires from another member back in June. Some of you may have seen the thread of how hard it was trying to get the seller to send them to me. I'm still having trouble getting everything from him. That's irrelevant though. I test fitted the front tires and wheels and as the title says, the tire rubbs the grease fitting on the upper ball joint and the wheel lip rubs the upper control arm. I know my alignment is way off, and I'm having the front end rebuilt this week, but I'm curious to know if this could be an alignment problem or did I get screwed by the seller again? Did he sell me wheels with the wrong backspacing? I'd appreciate any input on this.
Thanks,
Frank