You can afford groceries. You just can't afford to get caught.
Side note, but you know those coolers for the milk where they stock them from behind? Loss prevention sometimes hang out in those - straight view down an entire aisle and shoppers* don't usually pay enough attention to notice them. Something to check.
Good luck all! ^_^

If the adhesive route fails, it looks like there are replacement parts available, but your mileage may vary when it comes to the source. Not seeing anything official, but ebay has a few hits: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204942975498
Might also try just calling Sony support, but iirc their support is fairly shit.