Thanks Geo smile I think the stories that have been shared show that many of us have experienced outrage at one point or another with importing... I was just looking for advice on next steps and I had lots of good stories and suggestions... Even yours about having a 21k gun instead of a 20K gun... I'm not going to raise hell with the auction house or their exporter... I'm just going to get my gun, consider it a lesson learned and know next time to figure it in the cost. Life is good smile

Maybe we could start an import consortium, serving all of us, not for profit, but just English gun lovers helping one another... An importing Co-op.