39340 CDT Grand Coffee Maker

I would say, when I read more than 5 or 8 or 10 posts on something across Reddit, Target, Kohls, dedicated coffee sites that something is occurring--it's a known issue. You're reporting uneven base mounts. Do register the unit with Technivorm/MM. Amazon sold me a unit for $179 on Black Friday, brand

Yes. On here for example--here's one thread that looks like 4-5 people are voicing it. Other similar threads seem to come up with 1-2 people. I'd say I probably encountered 20 different names in my searches for chip, chipped, defect. Not all the chips are Amazon related but all are almost identical.