source= http://www.piclist.com/piclist/2003/09/17/084856a.txt?

While living in the US for a number of years, I found Digikey to be very
reliable and useful. Unfortunately, shipping internationally is fraught with
the problems you describe. Now I'm back in the UK, I only buy
internationally if there is no reasonable alterntive.

Digikey is not unusual and many companies charge even more than they did - I
make it a rule to check shipping costs up front. HM Customs and Excise have
to have their cut, though this is often waived for low value items. As you
found, the real choker is the fee charged by the carrier for collecting the
duty... that just puts salt in the wounds.

I think ParcelForce and Royal Mail are different arms of the same
operation.....

Steve.



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