LOL Hey, I was only joking about the guinea pig thing!
really
As far as I've read so far things will only be stopped by customs if they are fakes or if they are genuine items that have trade mark restrictions.
(If you are not an Authorised reseller)
I'm certainly no expert on this stuff though.
I'm assuming you have, but I just thought I'd ask anyway...
Have you taken all your VAT and Duty expenses into account?
It's fairly easy really, I had just about everyone in the forum helping me..
An it only took me about 4 days to figure out how to do this

Anyway... I think this is working properly now.
http://www.thewholesaleforums.co.uk/...-new-post.html
It might help you with this stuff if you still need to work it out.
My order from Chinavasion is almost here according to my tracking info,
So it should be too long before I place my first order either.
Good luck with it all Janine!