anyone gotten a scratch on component and gone mad

I write this message from the Camirillo facility and I am doing well on my recovery. Just a few more years,they tell me.

You have my condolences.
Been there, done that, (expecially on new cars!)

This is one of the benefits of buying equipment used.
(One expects small nicks, scratches and/or dings on used equipment, and so one is not nearly so ticked off when "another" accident occurs.)

Just remember, it will sound just as good with a small nick, scratch or dent, as it did when it was pristine!

Obsessing over anything is not healthy.

Does snapping the cantilever off a brand new $5000 cartridge while setting it up count? I mean I guess I didn't scratch it but......it did bother me a bit.

Years of therapy with a team of doctors had almost made me forget about it.....until this thread came along. Thanks buddy!!!!

I did it as a child. I was learning to ride a bicycle and my friend let go and as I wobbled along, my friends started yelling not to hit the car.. Naturally I obsessed on the car.. and hit the brand new car (with the two guys talking about it being brand new, of course) BANG! right into the door between the two guys.
I was seven. I was too cute to murder....