That's crazy - all countries that are not large need to be in a customs union otherwise regular people end up paying too much for goods.
US shops don't care, they have a big enough domestic market. Sometimes they don't trust people outside of the US - and also, they think it's complicated to work out shipping costs etc. That's the impression I get.Originally Posted by [U
There are European versions of ebay which list the Europe based vendors first. They normally ship across the EU anyway, and they are probably not as put off by international shipping. So try ebay.de or ebay.co.uk or ebay.fr - they are probably more likely to ship to Ukraine or Russia.