<< That sucks, what I better do is ask a friend in the us to buy me something than ship it to me >>
It may or may not work.......... I find that when my friends send me things and say gift under $40 I usually do not have to pay anything but if they check it (sometimes they do) they can asses a fair market value and asses the appropriate duties & taxes (sux but it happens) even if it's a gift (go figure, hard to beat the tax man).
Cheers,
Aquaman