On 18/05/07, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
  Any suggestions on a more cost effective way to ship
this?  I suspect
 the person got an air shipping quote and not something slower but less
 expensive.
 
First place I Iooked beats your ?200 - 
http://www.parcel2go.com/ -
gives example prices of ?135 ($270) for up to 70Kg to the USA via
FedEx.  Looks like air, too.  Not sure if they offre surface shipping
but they have a calculator to get a more exact price, if you know the
weight and parcel dimensions - most international shiping also uses a
dimension based charging system so big but light items dont get away
with it. (Why doesn't anybody make bubble wrap using helium to save
postage..)