The rules were changed not long ago Frankie, I don't recall Trog posting here since then.
Smilin sometimes says things that seem a bit eccentric, I've not heard a proper account of what the situation is so to me the facts are not clear. Whatever, if you want to discuss this, I'm not going to stop you Frankie but I've asked you in the nicest way I can not to do it where Trog is not allowed.
With warranties what I do is email the trader. If they don't email me back and give instructions I send the goods to them, signed for delivery along with a cover letter and an additional email saying what I've done. It's always worked for me. Unfortunately things sometimes do get lost in ordinary post, it's not worth chancing it with something valuable.
