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Literally in the last week. I dont want to push my luck too much. I'll have a scout around for a few more retailers, Ideally somewhere that people have had success with before

Understood.

The missing Item method will work with just about any company - even with CCTV cameras In place. Given the box Is fully covered In cardboard, simply say the pencil was missing when you opened the box. Obviously the cameras cannot detect the Internal contents.