the one thing that I always post in the auction is US SALES ONLY!!, that usually helps you from getting in situations like this. Yet still, I get ppl contacting me asking to ship overseas, the best one I ever had was a guy wanting a SS 10k amp shipped to Kazakhstan, the shipping was more than what I was selling the amp for lol.... And no I didn't end up selling it to him just because it was so much of a hassle