Buyer frenzy

[Exhibitman]

My position on international shipping is aptly stated in my listings:

This auction is open ONLY to US addressees unless you want to pay exhorbitant shipping costs. While many of my friends are foreign-based collectors, the rules on Paypal require me to send this item with some form of delivery or signature confirmation, you see, and USPS doesn't do that internationally except with priority registered, which is really expensive. Please contact me for further information on international sales if you just gotta have it and we will see what we can work out. Also, I do not do the customs fraud thing--US customs declarations are signed under penalty of perjury--so if you buy it from an international address expect a customs declaration at the actual purchase price. I realize that means you will have to pay your country's import or VAT, but taxes are the price we all pay for civilization.