And unfortunately the postage from the US can be through the roof for a lot of items even things that don't weigh a lot and are in small packages, $50 is not unusual.
Adorama or B&H in New York were where I would normally go but I did get a good deal from a Canadian camera shop a few years back when the exchange rate there was favourable and that was on a $1500 dollar lens though.
I don't get too many like that.
