"Xenophobia" is a possibility. Everything you said about having to itemize, two UPSP forms, package size, etc., is something that we (U.S.) has mandated. Why does it have to be harder to send something to Germany than North Dakota? It's not as hard for the Europeans to send merchandise between countries.
"It's strictly one-way xenophobia in my case; I buy things from the UK, Canada, and Australia frequently." Exactly. Why is incoming so easy, yet outgoing so hard? You discuss how easy it is to buy, but you also bring up how difficult it is to sell. That's wybb's problem. Why can't he buy from U.S.?
Sorry wybb. Sometimes we lose sight of the original issue. But you might agree that between U.S. we're willing to beat this to death.
wybb, I was wrong. It isn't arrogance. It's xenophobia!