I commented before that I ordered a lot of stuff over the years from UK, Germany and France. I am not surprised.

My last order included some Shimano A530 pedals, I paid about $35 (USD), free shipping, but I did pay 3 percent currency conversion fee on my credit card. (That order included other stuff to be a big enough order to get free shipping.) Those same pedals here retail at $65, although some discounters have them closer to a bit over $40 with shipping.

But, the problem is that most of the stuff you can easily buy that way is the stuff that they sell a lot of. Odd sizes of tires or odd tools or unusual parts are very hard to find that way. So, you are often shopping in a USA store for some of those odd parts.

And, some European companies have exclusive distributor arrangements here in USA where they do not allow retailers in other countries to ship their products to USA. Those USA distributors tack on a lot of markup which drives the prices so high here.

When the package was shipped originally by Royal Mail and is covered with stickers like you have never seen before, it is pretty obvious where it came from.

Several times when I ordered from Niagara, they had to wait for the item to come in from another supplier to them, then they shipped it out. I like Niagara and will use them again, but I factor in additional delay with them.