Nothing new in this landing fees business. During WW1 the UK government had to pay a fee to the French Railway companies for use of their tracks to take troop trains from the Channel ports to the battle areas, in spite of the fact most of the rolling stock and locomotives had been sent across from Britain !
ricardian pleased to hear that. The way I do it is to sell stuff on ebay and donate the money directly to Shelterbox. Ebay waives 100% of its fees if you donate all the proceeds of the sale to a nominated charity.