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I contacted them via one of their eBay auctions, a guy called Justin, really helpful. He agreed to swap the LSI RAID card included with the 1U server and replace with a 2nd CPU and an extra 8GB RAM. For the 3U drive chassis the shipping cost to the UK was $130 with the chassis costing $195. I...

Hmm, so he's selling it at €335 incl shipping, the guys in the US are selling at $325 incl shipping. So in £'s that's roughly £282 (Eur) vs £212 (US). Even with 20% VAT at customs that would add £40. OK don't feel so bad now, thought I might have missed on a much cheaper deal. Anyone...

Who was selling them on eBay in Europe or was it just a one off you saw? I've just ordered the 1U server and 2 3U chassis from Unix Surplus in the US, cost $330 shipping to the UK which wasn't too bad, certainly the total cost of about £650 for the server plus 32 drive bays was a lot cheaper...