Matt when I was looking to get a Meade giant field tripod for my LX the cost to freight it here to AU was around 500US {UPS}
Considering a complete LX200R would weigh some more the Bintel price looks okay{guess they probarly order in bulk to save freight costs} plus you would have no chance of OPT selling you a Meade scope unless you have a US address
Sorry Geoff for the distraction, good luck