Rubber feet and european discrimination

Hi,
Just like many others I've lost a pair of my iBook G4 rubber feet. Searching in these forums I've found that apple has a kit that they send to users with the rubber feet and a set of screws called Foot & Socket Kit (http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/doityourself/) and a usa apple care phone number to order it. As it's still under guarantee and I've also got the extended apple care guarantee. I give hem a ring in Spain as I'm Spanish. first I get to speak to somebody in Holland, and he tells me that as the page is in English and belongs to apple usa they can't send me the kit as the european or spanish policy is to take it to an apple care center. The problem with this is that the nearest one is 50km away. I object, he puts me on hold and comes back with the same answer, no.
I give them another ring and I talk with a lady in another country, she reads the notes of the other call as she tels me hat i all she can do.
I think this way of doing things in usa and europe is a way of discriminating european customers which like me pay more for apples laptops that have a tendency of loosing their rubber feet.
iBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Well, I got on to apple foor the third time today and they are making an exception and sending me 4 new rubber feet for free as I'm still under guarantee. they say they can make the exception as it seems the foot got unstuck because of the heat generated by the computer

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