Yesterday I posted a question, asking if anyone knew of a source for the
waste fitting for an Astracast sink.

Today, after phoning every single plumbers merchants for 30 miles,
including Astracast suppliers, it seems I may as well have been asking
for a return ticket to the moon. You can't get them. They're not sold
separately, and the one that Astracast *do* sell won't fit a sink older
than 3 years.

So, for the want of a waste, the sink was lost. You can bet I'm not
buying an Astracast again. Bog standard stainless steel for me - whatever
the Mrs says.

Unfortunately I inherited the sink, although even if I had bought it, I
would never have imagined it needing scrapping because the waste can't be
supplied.

On a wider note, have you ever refused to buy anything, when the shop
can't supply consumables ? I recall going to buy a MIG welder a few years
ago, before they were hobbyist. We'd borrowed one, and had problems
getting the brass feed nozzle. We were in the shop, selected a welder,
went to the counter, and asked for 20 nozzles, which the sales assistant
said "they didn't sell". So we left the welder at the counter, and walked
out.