Wayne!
welcome to the world of HI.
I was wondering about Framark too! But you DO want to buy from Bill.
I have had HI khuks delivered to the UK. Obviously the US mail gets transferred over to parcel-farce in the UK, and they do tend to stop an awful lot coming through, as well as open them, play with them, drop them. . . .
However its not as bad as $70-$100 on top of the price - more like - whats £15-25?? t'is funny you should mention the return under warranty thing. . . . . . .
Bill is a nice guy and the service is second to NONE.
If youre anywhere near Denbeigh, you'll know there are some woods north of the industrial area, bordering the golf course. These woods are full of tree stumps and little 'survival' type shelters that a group of us built before i left N.Wales. They are the result of some field tests using HI, Martindale, Gerber, misc choppers.