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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lucznik" data-source="post: 1218079" data-attributes="member: 25237">Yes, but recipients (the original poster being one good example) like to think otherwise.  They expect the retailer to bear the responsibility for these duties and taxes.  Their unreasonable expectations and demands then become a burden on the retailer who has do deal with these customers. You have been lucky.  I know of several stores that will not sell outside of the US because of problems they have had with credit card fraud. The fact that you aren't able to get what you want shipped to you sort of speaks to my point that selling overseas is in fact more complicated and risky - or at least it can be.  If it wasn't, retailers wouldn't limit themselves to only domestic sales. Of course there is also the issue that the US Dept of Defense has declared many optics to be illegal to ship internationally.  This would include just about anything that is viewed to have a "military application." This doesn't apply to the original poster's binocular nor, I suspect, to your WA eyepiece but, it's good to know nonetheless.</blockquote>