Syncing iPod touch is like playing in the lottery

Question

When I sync my iPod touch 4G, it'll begin its normal sync method of backing up, syncing contacts, ect... But more recently, it has been stumbling on backing up(which more or less I'll refer to as "syncing" for simplification here). It'll take about 5 minutes roughly before giving the filling sync bar, and then either it fails to finish and report a problem, or actually slows there at the end for a little before it finishes and then procedes to the next steps. When it fails to finish, I've left it there for a few hours and it still hasn't budged, whereas when it does succeed, it takes under 15-30 minutes. Sometimes it even skips over this step, and when I do retry syncing my iPod,  I always have to force turn it off because it will not power down if I attempt to restart, nor will it actually sync, with iTunes saying it cannot start a sync process and a sync process is already in action. After I power it on, I do a quick restart on it which it does power down normally then, and then gives me another shot at the attempt for the winning lottery ticket in which is a sucessful sync. I have roughly 2/3 of the 64GB iPod full. I started noticing it started having problems when one of my apps has roughly reached what is about 4-8GB of space, not specifically sure how large it is, but that is just an estimate, might even be 10GB or 12GB. Is there something directly related to the size of an app and how it syncs?
I use windows, as I am not a big apple product user, windows 7, and the newest iTunes and iOS software, origional sync cable... If more information is needed, I'll do what I can. I just want to know how to fix this problem. If syncing sucess and failure is directly related to the size of an app (which I do not want to delete because it will erase all the data I have on it), then it seems like this is a rather large flaw as space and apps keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes by.

Answer 1

You also have to bear in mind that UK customs will probably hit you for import duty. They know when something is new and taxable, and they decide whether to tax it, not you. Plus, the delivery company will then add their charge to the tax charge. In other words, because the delivery company has to bill you for the tax, that company charges you for their cost of doing that.
You know that red channel when you return to a UK airport (no, not the "nothing to declare" channel, that's the green one)? You would have to declare such gifts if you physically brought them back into the UK on a plane journey and I'm fairly certain that they would be subject to import duty. Posting them doesn't get round that.
It's a great idea, but it doesn't work. If it does, the saving will be so marginal that you'll wish you hadn't bothered, even if your friends don't charge you for their journey to buy and post them.