From one seller's perspective ........ I was very annoyed when ebay instituted this new rule. Until I realized what it relieved me of. No more standing in line to fill out customs forms, no more worrying that the thing may never get to the buyer. I sold an expensive Escher y/g to a guy in Russia. Mailing that thing insured within the USA relieved a lot of stress I would have had if I had to wait the 4 weeks it took to get to the destination in Russia. OTOH, sellers will lose sales because of some buyers not being willing to pay the extra $ and that is understandable.