"Peter B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Ironically years ago the thermocouple for the main gas valve in my boiler failed over a very cold xmas break. I had a devil of a job to buy a replacement as I was not Corgi registered.
I played a similar game with the spark generator for my hob. Even pointing out that I had the thing apart in front of me, so I couldn't do any more damage, cut no mustard with some. Fortunately one of their people was prepared to just send me a new one.