It's the items made in the UK which make the least amount of sense as that would make them more expensive for a shop in the USA to get hold of them, narrowing there margins to sell the item at a competitive price. Yet you can still have one posted back to the UK for less than you can by it from a shop in the UK.
Kits wise I personally don't think there is a lot to be saved, postage for large parcels is quite pricey and if you do end up paying import duty or VAT then the saving is really negligable. It's the small items like wishbones, shocktowers, screws and the like which sell for $8 abroad or £8 in the UK were the money is saved as the postage cost are generally pretty similar whether buying from the UK of the US.
On a slightly different tangent the other reason for buying from the USA, Japan or Hong Kong etc etc is that the websites are far more user friendly to order items (and have up to date stock info) from and know exactly how much your bill will end up being.
I hate to say it but it's customer service. I can go onto a US store website put my items in the shopping basket get a quote for postage pay my bill and 4 days late it's on my door step. If theres a problem the money has been credited back and I have had an email within a day stating what the problem is. The couple of UK model shops I have ordered from online have varied the postage price, and more annoyingly you find out when your parcel arrives that something was out of stock. You then have to ring the shop to find and when you get the replacement, the shop won't give you a refund, doesn't do the courteous thing and email you to say we don't have it in stock, then they want some more money to post the item out that you have sinced replaced from somewhere else.
I know that not all UK model shops are like this and that most of them will bend over backwards to try and help you out.
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