1. US Websites with high international shipping costs. It appears to be common for the business to just put up a 'cover my ass' flat fee instead of doing the ho

1. US Websites with high international shipping costs. It appears to be common for the business to just put up a 'cover my ass' flat fee instead of doing the homework of discovering the cost of shipping for a different country. 2. Import duties and taxes so high that when added to shipping they're equal to the price of the product. This is usually discovered at the last minute. 3. Amazon's policy of listing dozens of product providers - with sometimes no visible way to detect if they ship to your country - so you have to hop back and forth to check if you may really buy it. I'm amazed Amazon does not provide a method for a user to send a message saying "I'd buy x if your shipping to country y was lower than z". (1) and (3) are laziness. (2) could link to third party retailers to make an end run around the taxes.