I believe the OP, I have several scratches on my screen from the stylus. I try really hard to not use it at all now. I don't really care though, that's why I don't have a screen protector, but the stylus is the last thing I expected to scratch my screen. I haven't seen any stylus replacements, but I would be interested if anyone has.

P.S. Why is it with this forum that the first couple comments are always along the lines of "are you SURE you're not ******ed?" These types of comments don't help anyone.