Well that was fun reading! I'd forgotten all about this issue, and just finished reading through the past 40 pages of posts
Went from outrage and threatened legal action, to a dramatic U-turn, hilarious nautical puns, facebook twattery, and now the damp squib ending to the dramatic saga: folk get their replacement discs back and are happy with them.
I was never bothered about the boat guff, but as it's now free to get fixed, it'd be foolish not to . . .