cmoredbest it is a total of roughly 25% tax when you import from the states i phoned them and asked them because i was going to order a pbs.here is an example of what you pay. £ £
Tax
Value of goods say: 100.00
Shipping or postage costs to the UK, say: 15.00
Total value for Import Duty: 115.00
Import Duty payable at say 5% on £115.00: 5.75 5.75
Base value for Value Added Tax (VAT): 120.75
VAT on £120.75 @ 17.5%: 21.13 21.13
141.88 26.88
sorry its a bit messed up there. dont now what you ordered frantic or where you ordered from but that is expensive shipping.my brother and one of me mates have just received violators of e bay very cheap and shipping only cost 80 dollars.i have also bought of e bay 150 dollars worth of goods and it was only 16 dollars shipping.shipping can vary wildly from company to company if ordering from uk check out the shipping on a few companies as well as looking for the cheapest price for what you want.me and me mates will always order from the states for parts etc,its so much cheaper we will only buy from uk if we cant wait for the parts ie broken parts.