Bit disappointed that there were no answers but in the absence of info I just gambled and ordered it direct from the Emporia shop.
I ordered it on Tuesday and it arrived today (Friday) at my UK address. Pretty impressive.
The cost was as displayed on the site – for the product and shipping combined and hasn’t appeared to attract any further import charges/taxes which was a pleasant and unexpected surprise. Not sure if that is just dumb luck or because it squeezed under the min limit but gratefully received regardless.
Packing looks fine as the product box is very robust anyway. That was simply in a plastic bag for addressing as many things are these days.
So not opened the product box yet but everything regarding the buy and delivery went as well as could be expected. There was a slight timing issue between what Emporia and UPS systems were indicating but the short delivery times show that was an admin/data sync time and everything was actually going smoothly. Looking forward to exploring the data as soon as I can get it installed 🙂