Solution: (posted with tongue firmly in cheek.. literally.. dentures still soaking..)
1) buy plane ticket to JFK Airport
2) Book cheap hotel
3) open bank account using hotel address
4) sign up at ebid with U.S. address, using U.S. Dollars
5) close bank account (or not - might come in handy)
6) fly back to U.K.
7) change address of new account "Opps, I moved to U.K."
8) Pat self on back for saving 15 quid.. and break arm while doing so
9) end up running around to 6 different hospitals trying to get arm fixed
10) by time Doctor gets to look at it, arm has already set (sans cast) and on the mend.
11) Drive home cussing out the British medical institution
12) Log on to Ebid and brag about how you saved 15 quid..
(or not..)
hehehe