Lyra Titan: Stylus broken during shipping

Analog friends; I've a question.

I purchased a Titan i for the second arm on my tt. It's a dealer demo cartridge described as "best condition".

This one arrived yesterday:

http://i41.tinypic.com/1z39o3l.jpg

Did anyone of you ever had a damage like this on transport? The cartridge was very well packed in original box with stylus guard. Btw. it was impossible to find the broken stylus in the box.

Thanks for sharing your experiences,
Marco

heradot12-25-2011 2:16pm

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mofimadness Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,152 posts 12-25-2011 at 06:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I think that the stylus was snapped off when the sytlus guard was put back on. Like Hifimaniac mentioned, the guard has to be aligned just right or you can damage the stylus. Good luck.
jfrech Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,816 posts 12-25-2011 at 07:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Did u see a pic before you bought it? Otherwise I think the other posters have a possible sequence of events, unless u accidently... I had a skala(actually 2) and a helicon for years, I never saw mine get as dirty as the pic above! Wow...
viridian Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,184 posts 12-25-2011 at 09:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Maybe the stylus isn't in the box. Did you look on the cartridge, behind the paper on the magnet assembly?
stringreen Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,112 posts 12-25-2011 at 10:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If the stylus guard was on, and the packing secure the guy that put it in the box broke it. ...or you are dealing with a dishonest guy. There is no way to break a stylus with the guard intact.
swampwalker Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,132 posts 12-26-2011 at 01:10am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Agree w Jrfech I never saw mine get as dirty as the pic and Stringreen If the stylus guard was on, and the packing secure the guy that put it in the box broke it. ...or you are dealing with a dishonest guy. There is no way to break a stylus with the guard intact. Something is not right. I'd give the seller the opportunity to make it right, but I don't think that there is any way that this is shipping damage.