I have the same problem with the tamper as the first reviewer did.I too, destroyed 2 tampers. The first time I returned the whole machine back to [...] since they don't stock tampers.I love the machine, but I hate the tamper. It gets destroyed too easily. Vita-Mix company need to do some improvement about this. Or people are scared to buy the machine after tamper breaks with no easy & inexpensive replacement available.I suggest that whoever sell the machine should have tampers in stock. So that people can easily buy another tamper instead of returning the whole machine to seller. Or Vita-mix should have some other easy, & less costly way to supply tampers to buyers.