[Michael B]

I also have to agree with Sam, who also used to buy from me when I was actively selling on ebay. I have a friend in Switzerland who buys signed photos of Olympians and Tennis players on ebay and in U.S. auctions. He has them shipped to me. The reason: Swiss customs is a bitch. They know him and check every single package he receives and holds it until he comes to retrieve it and pay the possible duties. When it arrives I can hold it until we see each other when I make my annual trip to Europe or I can mail it to him with a letter from me saying that I met the person and got an extra one for him. The ebay sellers also charge much lower postage to send to me rather than overseas. Swiss customs is so bad that they sit outside of the post offices across the border in Germany and stop Swiss citizens who are trying to mail packages and avoid customs. It happened to my friend when he had a consignment package to send to a German auction house and they stopped him outside the building.