Hi Hank,
Guessing that there is probably one vendor with multiple ebay I.D.s, for any number of reasons , ebay is not really that seller friendly , as all the CNC 3040`s were listing as shipping from Portsmouth.

Picked the one with highest price balance loaded on shipping, we all know it dosen`t cost 283 GBP to send 45Kg across the U.K., but considering ebays rake is listing fee, plus 10% of buy it now price plus around 5% to paypal, playing along with the P+P dodge allows us punters a lower price.

Picked a vendor ID with lowest machine /highest P+P balance and made a best offer that totalled with P+P 648 GBP , accepted a couple of hours later, paid Monday package arrived DHL from within UK on Wednesday morning.

The adventure begins...

Cheers
Adam