I have done a lot of transactions on Ebay with America and had very little in the way of problems.

If you are buying (in my case often) a book - then ask if it will fit into a Global Priority Envelope which is $9.00 which I factor in when buying. These take as little as 3 and as many as 10 days to arrive. Rarely longer.

I have also had large items shipped by sea. A set of Dover Child arrived in a US Mail bag (as sewn by prisoners in countless films) and took months, and for some reason came from California via Dover. But it arrived and I made the cost up selling the "Genuine US Mail Bag" on Ebay!!

But don´t get me started on arrogant American tourists in the Alhambra in Granada.........