Alffie, the seller actually rang me from the UK the day it was due to leave the freight company to say that he had just been notified they couldn't do door to door outside of Europe. I accepted this on face value and the potential dramas along with it.
Freight was 800 GBP and the consignment notes show weight is 200lb (including crate) plus the agent here suggested that I have probably already paid the processing fees as part of that - time will tell. Not cheap but you will see the justification soon enough.
