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Surely stuff like this is covered on house insurance? Ive seen people throw laptops down the stairs to claim for a new on.
When my mate tried to claim insurance for the fact his laptop got punched by someone getting angry playing a game on it they laughed him off so he threw it down the stairs, called again and said he dropped it down the stairs and they gave him a new one.
Where there's a will there's a way.