He is what what I tell all my salesmen,
You arent your customer, Just because you think its nuts , the other guy may think its a bargain! As long as you are up front & they want to buy it sell it.
I ship a lot of JUNK overseas, & I do mean junk, I shipped a spun fiat crank to some guy in spain , it cost 185$ plus duty charges to ship a part I had on ebay for $60!!! he paid three times the cost of the part & was very happy. I couldnt understand it but who am I to wonder why?
I just shipped a small 14$ part to Belgium for 38$???!!! he wanted a tracking number & was willing to pay for it. Crazy? sure but he must of wanted it bad.
Aussies seem to have a lot of money right now & I ship quite a bit of stuff to them lately , but mostly low weight items.
I have had good luck with fed ex in the us for big high weight items but have not checked on overseas, might be worth a call.
Please let us know what the final costs were, I m very interested to find out.