The parts guy at my dealer wanted to charge me 50 dollars and gave me a verbal slap on the wrist for considering driving around without a front plate on. (It's illegal in Texas)
I'd still like to get it eventually, but uhhh.. not really on my priority list to go bark down MazdaUSA and send hate mail and eventually make a worse relationship with the parts guy at my local dealership since at some point I'm going to start wrenching on this thing heavily.
Might just be time to go look for another dealership, though...