Thanks: 
I don't know if some of you actually buy many things abroad, but I thought I'd share this with you.
If you are like me and you live outside the US and love to buy TLK-Stuff at Ebay.com you've got to be careful.
If you live inside the US and sell things on Ebay internationally you also have to be careful.
Especially if you buy or sell something from Ebay inside the "Global Shipping Program".
At first it sounds tempting... you already pay shippment and tolls and taxes when you checkout and now when you finally get the item. Sometimes the shipping costs also appear cheaper. And if you are a seller you can sell your item internationally and you only have to ship it to a "man in the middle" in the US. Sounds good, doesn't it?
But as some people stated on the internet, this comes at a cost.
Go see for yourselves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZwZgcoc_zw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLLrqz1Esj4
(At 5:51 it starts to get interesting, a seller's point of view)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xez2zeKrKaQ
Too bad, because it sounded like a great idea. It would have made things much easier.
