Our most gracious host has jokingly offered to add a new feature to the forum, and I see shipping parts as a fair opportunity. It seems everything leaving the U.S. is INSANE! We don't pay those CRAZY shipping charges that WE impose on others. There is a grass roots advert. here called U Ship. It looks for the lowest bidder for transport on anything. Perhaps something similar??? The weird part of it is; It is cheaper for us to get an overseas part, and ship it back where it came from than it is to buy the part where it was made.