skywalkersaga wrote:shazzdan wrote:skywalkersaga wrote:The US to UK shipping costs are indeed the worst. And then you get hit with the customs charges on top of it.... ugh. There’s currently something that costs about 35 gbp that I was eyeing up, but with shipping and customs the total would have been three times that!
Find someone in the US to buy it for you and send it as a gift without the invoice.
That is indeed probably the only way it would work. In normal circumstances, I wouldn't mind asking a friend or family member to do that, but right now I wouldn't ask anyone to take the risk of an unnecessary trip to the post office. If it's still available if/when things are less worrisome, then maybe... : )
All of the Post Offices here in the States are up and running, and aside from the major metropolitan areas (where the majority of the virus issues are centered), people in more rural areas are doing the social distancing thing, and that seems to be working — so very few people are afraid to still do things like go to the PO (at least in my county, and the surrounding ones).