26-10-2023, 08:38 AM
Recks is right, but it's not just the tax. I've recently bought two minuscule items - small enough to easily pop into a letter envelope - but the price of shipping from France and from the U.S. respectively was several times the value of the item itself, regardless of the lack of size/ weight. I'm fortunate to know a couple of gentlemen here who have estates in the colonies and who kindly agreed to have the items posted there, for hand carriage home on their next visit. A one-off is one thing, but if José intends ordering items from the UK regularly he'd do well to seek out a kind soul who travels that way frequently.