This is why I used a little bit of space on the pallet that was sent over last year from Rob R to Rob V. I think everything goes airmail now so it has become very very expansive to ship anything large or heavy (my item was very heavy). I never found a cheap solution, at the current price of flights it's almost cheaper and faster to fly out and get it your self and bring it back as luggage!

I am pretty sure they stopped surface mail between the US and Europe about 2 years ago now. U may be wrong.

Cheers

Cris.

PS - The letter that triggered this rant finally turned up on Monday, 6 days to travel 14 miles. 1st class my ass, and today they have announced a 3p increase, an 8.3% increase in price for a service which is worse than it has ever been.