I know, it comes via Gold Parcel Post. in a Hand Made packing case, made in southern Italy, from their finest cardboard & sealed, with a leather string tie, of the finest soft Italian leather.
I bought a ph2 last year off a guy on ebay in the u.k. (i think it was liverpool)and he was looking for �10 sterling to ship it to dublin..!!! i sent him a email to show him the royal mail shipping costs for the item and fair play to him he accepted it with good grace(i think it worked out at about �3.50)no problems and in the condition as promised...the thing is on a good day you can get cheap return flights between ireland and the uk for about the same price as he was orginally looking for the shipping...i could of gone and collected in person.........