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You can very easily get replacement O-rings, I've had my moka pot for about 15 years and I'm on my third ring. The first got lost and the second damaged.

>I recently made the mistake of buying a store brand one

Do you know that old saying, "you buy cheap, you buy twice"?

Yes you can generally buy the gaskets, but might need a specialty store to find them. They harden after a while anyway, and there's going to be someone in your life, a friend, housekeeper, in-law, who will throw it out in an effort to be helpful.

Do yourself a favor and get a silicone replacement gasket instead of the Bialetti one.

yeah, the O-rings are trivially replaceable, keep a pile to hand

If the new one is thick enough alu you might think about filing the spout to make it work like the older one you have