cargo Wrote:£576 for two adults and a short wheel base Transit with a 3.25m trailer.

And now that I think about it not only do I hate them I feel very muched ripped off.

I was told that camper-vans up to a certain length (could it be 6 metres?) are booked on at car-rates. Is there an angle there that you haven't already tried?

A couple of years ago I took a transit across at car-rates because it was being used "privately" and not "commercially", so did not qualify as freight. Cargo, your van should qualify under the same rules.

But I suppose it is at a time when the Racket traditionally fleece all their customers (by their own admission) and Trading Standards appears to exist in name only on the Island.

On a lighter note, the new Steam Racket uniforms may cheer you up.