Nigel,a while ago i won a couple of auctions in the usa via e-bay for a couple of heddon crazy crawler lures(brand new)from the same seller.The total value of the lures only came to about £5.00 and the p&P wasn`t much more either.
When the lures eventually arrived about a month later, i also got a card from yhe post officetelling me that if i wanted the said lures i would have to collect them from my local sorting office and stump up £12.00 for the priveledge.
Wheni went to collect them and asked why the extra money??? i was shown the paperwork and it turns out that the seller had bumped up the price of them so they could claim back extra money if they went missing in transit,they also ticked the wrong box on the postage labelling...because of this,i had to pick up the import duty or tax etc....
I have however orderedlures from another seller in the states,saved myself a packet and had then delivered quick as a flash and had excellent service allround from them.I would not hesitate to reccomend this other seller to anyone on this website etc....
If i can find the paperwork,i can let you know what the charges are etc... so you dont get stung for duty/tax etc....