Ah yeah that’s always the risk importing something that doesn’t officially ship or sell here. I’m guessing it’s to do with providing support and warranties with areas that it’s not officially sold?

Hope you find a solution, otherwise take a holiday to the US 😂

Wise has been very handy for me, being able to add different currencies and pay for things overseas. You’re right though, they may already know the freight forwarder addresses. Do they not have an international store? It’d be really annoying buying an upgradable laptop and not being able to get any of the upgrades!

Can you use a Wise or Revolut virtual card and pay in US currency?

Most brass instruments aren’t cheap! It’s why my parents were smart enough to rent the saxophone when I was in high school because they knew I wouldn’t stick with it 😅I think trumpets are also really loud when learning to play, RIP your neighbours ears 😂

That looks like it’s coming from Amazon UK according to the “Sold by” and “Ships from” section, so may take longer.

The two top review from Aus aren’t promising lol:

Doesn’t seem to work very well at all

The trumpet was my daughters only Christmas wish. It arrived damaged due to poor packaging. Placed into a satchel instead of being boxed. If we had time to find a replacement it would have been returned.

Are you wanting a toy or a musical instrument? Cheap musical instruments tend to be terrible actual instruments. Maybe try Amazon AU? Might be a bit more expensive than Ali express, but you’ll probably get it faster if it’s shipping from aussie

I’m actually doing a little less now. Been focusing on putting a few more small trees and more perennial herbs and veges so I’m not having to replace them every season.

I usually try to grow too many new things each year and sometimes end up not getting a lot of food out of it. I decided to focus on just a few types this year. Also a few more perennial flowers for the pollinators. Oh and not doing any tomatoes this time around has freed a lot of space!

Nice! What are you growing this year?

I converted another area of lawn to soil for planting, so now have even less grass to mow.

Sadly I don’t think my children would fall for it… I’ve tried the “Who can be quiet the longest” and it never worked!

Hate is probably too strong a word, but man do I intensely dislike David Seymour.

Him and his ilk were probably calling the Labour government a nanny state - they seem to really love regulation now though