Broken off Keyboard Letter

hey
the letter "I" on my macbook pro's keyboard keeps breaking off every now and again, the only way i can get it back on is to click it back into place but it's breaking off more and more often. Does anyone know where i can get a replacement letter? I've only seen one place and it was in the US and was gonna cost around £5 without p&p. Does anyone know of a place in the UK or Europe?
Thanks
Craig

My 'M' key broke off, and the local store (UK) said they would send it to their engineers and get it fixed for free. I really couldn't be bothered taking it down to the store, waiting a few days, then picking it up etc. and being without my laptop....
So I used the common sense approach and asked the manager to post it to me... which he was quite happy to do... and I followed the many internet guides and popped it back on!
much easier - and it works too, look: MMMMMMMMMM

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