Parcelfarce seems to have charged us £13.50 virtually every time but curiously the VAT has been much lower than the expected 17.5%.
My first Aurora came by Royal Mail where the VAT was about right and the processing fee only £3.50.
The only remedy I can see is to have one shipped to you (or a friend) who's travelling from the US to the EU. Strictly speaking you are still liable to VAT on personal imports above a certain value (£135?) but by then the unit is secondhand and worth less than that