I entirely agree. I had a damaged piece when I bought the Big Box. I found Jay's email either on this forum or somewhere similar and he got it fixed right away. Later, I had three damaged tiles in my Cult, Siege, and Creativity set. I used the RGG web form: nothing. Since Jay was at Essen at the time, I got frustrated and emailed the people who sent it to me. They got back to me the next day with a replacement box. I ended up giving the damaged set to my friend with a new Carcassonne base game for Christmas. He doesn't care about petty tears as I do.
Of course I gave him a copy of the CAR too, since the original rules need annotating and were probably still 3rd edition (we didn't check).
