That's kind of the point, R_Kelly. 

Adobe changed the behavior of SOME of the cursors in Ps CS6 to have the hot spot at the upper left, but they specifically DIDN'T change the one for the samplers.  The ones that work that way have something functional-looking at the upper-left of the cursor.

I used to always just know that the end of the dropper was where the action was going to be.  NOW, since so many of the cursors have a shape and that extra little tool at the upper-left, it triggered the expectation that in this case the "thing" at the upper-left was where the action was going to be.

Here are some examples:

-Noel

Pierre, I'm not fond of the Feedback website, to be totally honest with you.  As far as I'm concerned, here's good enough.

JJ, Yes, thanks, the precise cursor does do the job.  I have no problem with using it, nor with re-learning where the Sampler Tool drops Samplers.

I just brought this up because it is a very subtle usability issue, and not really a problem - as I mentioned it's just something to get used to - but my thinking is this:

1.  Someone at Adobe planned a project to change the cursors to be more precise.  Clearly they did this on purpose, and spent time and money to do it.  I'm sure their intent wasn't to make the entire toolset less well-integrated as a whole.

2.  They made some decisions about which cursors to change, and apparently the Sampler cursor was left as is (not surprising, given a focus on the one tool itself).  But when taken as a whole, after using the other tools (more likely to be used more often), a user's (mindless) expectation is that this one should work consistently with the others.  Maybe not all users, but after I've gotten used to CS6 it bit me, and I have known for a lot of decades how to use the eyedropper cursors.

I'm just trying to help Adobe make the product better.

-Noel