Cartridge mounting


A local dealer has mounted a Grado Red cartridge on my Thorens table with Rega RB303 tonearm but mounted it with the screws upside down.  I assume it's much easier to do it this way, but aesthetically I don't like the way it looks.  Is it unreasonable to expect with a Rega tonearm that the screws go the other way around?  Thanks for your comments.
Louis
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Thanks for your input, I just picked it up this afternoon and with so much going on, didn't really notice it until now.  I'll bring it back to the dealer tomorrow.  Thanks again.
The dealer told me that this is the better way of mounting the cartridge with the screws upside down 

Better or easier is the question here I think.  How could there possible be any difference sonically whether the screws go one way or another???  Better, because it's easier and probably faster to do it that way and less chance of messing it up, I'd bet......but we never got into that, instead our conversation turned into a yelling match because this was not the original cartridge that I asked him to put on for me.  
Thanks everyone for your comments.  Next time around, I will definitely learn how to do this for myself.  This was part of a bad experience with a local dealer.  I don't really want to go into details or slam him publicly but he was less than honest in his dealings with me, installed a cartridge that I never authorized him to do and ruined the cartridge that I brought to him to install for me because he really wanted to sell me one of his cartridges, than lied to me and told me the cartridge I brought to him was no good with a totally bent cantilever and the magnet missing.  This was a brand new Goldring Elan that a friend sent to me.  I get it, that it might be like putting Formula 1 tires on a Yugo (My TT is a Thorens TD125 mkII) but I didn't feel like spending the money this time of year.  The plan was to listen to it for a few months and then buy a new cartridge, but now I know where I'm not buying it from......