The only positive:
It is likely to be "repaired" - I'm going to now little 5-minute epoxy resin dress & cap final fix (= resin can fill up).
Hope it holds then.
The rest of the pointer is massive and makes a very robust impression. Therefore, I will not send him back, but try to repair - because other pointing bars have even greater weaknesses. For the price I would have but I expected that the end cap longer stay tuned than a few measly days, therefore only two stars.
Update 14/05/2013:
The repair with 5-minute epoxy holds now already a year; So if you have no problem with having to mess around a bit, so get a good, solid pointer.