It does scratch easy, but that's not enough to deter me from buying it or make me return it if I had bought it already.
There's quite a bit of surface scratches that can only be viewed under lit conditions at certain angles.
I'm very careful with it and have had it in my pocket with nothing else in it but my leather wallet, or the coin pocket of my jeans, so I don't know where the scratches came from.
A felt case should've been included with it.