just put that the resever was £100 not £10 and see what he says

at least that way you've put the ball into his court and it's believeable mistake to happen

much more believable than telling him you've dropped it

or you could be honest and tell him you fucked up and didn't want it to go for that little and are now being a bit difficult

on the morals scale of things, when i asked martin to get my some stoppers and then found the exact same stoppers on ebay for half the price, i really REALLY wanted to save the money, but thought to myself, "that would make me out to be a bit of a cunt" so i didn't

martin said i was a fool to not have bought them later when i told him, but it was to late then, but at least i felt good

this guy, you don't know from adam, and it's highly unlikely you are ever going to bump into him or he's going ot knock on your door for the radio, so it's up to you really