Weird....My Stereo Sony hbh-is800's are working again!

Strange... they've been sitting in my draw for over a year without use as one side stopped outputting sound... Thought I'd give it a charge and test and low and behold it works again! Lets see for how long.... 

Poor Sony Ericsson support

Just had feedback from Sony Ericsson that they do not stock / supply spare ear buds for this device and I have to try and seek them out from a service centre if they have any left. That's pretty poor service seeing as though they still list the product in their current portfolio.. Especially as this is a £70+ product! 

Why did they not just make them with the same common buds as most other SE earphones.... Luckily I haven't actually lost any yet but I only have medium buds....