Thanks Chuck,

Please take my posting as intended, ie. a warning to other users when buying off auction sites to make sure they're not being taken for a ride with regard to shipping costs etc.

I fully appreciate that nobody's heard the seller's side of the story and would ask that they bear that in mind.
He may or may not wish to air his side publicly.
Whether he does so or not I wouldn't want to turn otd into a public slanging match.
I'm sure the other otd viewers feel the same.

Andy...