A bit of continuation of the story. Buyer in Germany and I finally got ahold of each other outside of eBay. He bought one other lot. Total sale before shipping:$5.45
I couldn't get the post office postage program to print the postage, that I'd figured at +-2.50, so I had to go to the window. Clerk said... $6.55
Helpful clerk working the line before we got to the window gave me the wrong customs form, so I had to fill out a new one at the window.
Overall, A pain in the tail for a transaction that my gross "profit" on was $3.00.

Another lot sold through Global Shipping to a gentleman in Australia. I shipped it faster than anything I've ever packaged. Put a .71 stamp on it and dropped it in the mail.
No Customs forms, No Window Clerk. I don't know how much he had to pay, but as it didn't come out of my pocket, it sure was worth it to me.

Back when PayPal was just an option, and there was no Buyer Protection (screw the seller) Program, I shipped a lot of stuff internationally, mostly Canada, England, Australia. It's just not worth the risk of "not as described" and the extra effort anymore, unless it's for a higher dollar transaction.

P.S. Another seller noted in one of his auctions that he and his buyer found out that eBay's global shipping program can't handle combined purchases made at the same time from the same seller! I wonder if that applies to Shopping Cart purchases as well. On my low dollar auctions I live for combined purchases. Otherwise, PayPal fees eat me alive.

P.P.S. For you Canadian Buyers: Log onto eBay's USA site. Then ask the seller if he'll ship to you if you send a Canadian Postal Money Order in US$. I do that "all the time" with some regular customers, when I'm posting Canadian Currency for sale.

Steve