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I wonder about our customers in England, though. When we send packages by USPS, they get delivered by RoyalMail or ParcelForce, and those entities charge their own brokerage fees (though I think they call them something else).
This English girl is certainly buying less from the States now because the postal charges have gone up so much. Sometimes it's still worthwhile, because your prices are so much lower, but it depends on the exchange rate. Time was that your postage costs were much lower than ours, but I'm not sure that's true any more. And I believe you don't have surface mail any more? (though we do, so are all the ships coming back across the Atlantic empty??). That takes a while but was a useful cheaper option if you could wait.
I have a friend in the US who comes over most years, so I usually get her to bring me a bit of fabric and any sewing machine accessories that I need. This year, even better, I'm coming over there!