Can ANYBODY help me get some pulsestarter EFS120s at a reasonable cost??

A quick Google brings up at least a couple of UK sites and a couple of listings on eBay UK. If a UK member here would donate their time, you could have the starters sent to them, and then they could send them to you. I did it with a t-shirt on Amazon once - shipping to the US was $5 and shipping to Canada was $110  , so I had it sent to a relative in Florida, and she then sent it to me (for a LOT less than $110).

http://cpc.farnell.com/1/1/33842-electronic-pulsestarter-efs120-british-general.html

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pulsestarter-Electronic-Fluorescent-Lamp-Starter-EFS120-/290901298296?pt=UK_BOI_Lights_Lighting_ET&hash=item43bb118c78

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EFS-120-Pulsestarter-Electronic-Lamp-Starter-pack-10-/130897225292?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Automation_Control_ET&hash=item1e7a15264c