By "kicking up a fuss" I meant being politely but firmly assertive, which is the best way in such matters. (If you can't blow them away, be polite. In fact even if you can and do, it's still far better to be polite about it, and more effective.)

Quite right about the PELs - that mention was a nod in the direction of the existence of other threads about that - this one isn't the place to discuss it.