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you payed over the odds for the frame ie £100+, for it to get re-painted etc = stupid.

thinking that a cheap paint-job will look or last anything like the original = stupid.

facts, not opinions.

The paint job will get done probably next year (it won't be a cheap paint job. I never said it would be, i said 'reasonable')......

Thanks for being so constructive with your comments.