Shaun Canning wrote:
> 
> Without meaning to start some full scale inter-continental feud,
> can someone please tell me why German sellers on e-bay almost
> invariably wont post outside Germany?

In eBay.de the default auction "setting" is shipping to Germany and the
EU.  A seller needs to actually read all the "blabber" and decide to
change the setting.

> Is it something to do with customs or GST/VAT restrictions?

No.

> I have a German seller who has just told me it would be more to
> ship an AF500FTZ and TR200 battery pack to Australia than the auction
> price.

This is odd.  Shipping is expensive, but not that bad.  See
http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/for_sale/

Cheers,
Bojidar

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