I'm going to have to be the bearer of bad news on two counts with my interntional shipping.
First, I do use the required customs forms and must declare exactly what is in the box which means duties and VAT, sorry.

Second, and most significant is when I reopen I will be forced to switch to International Priority Insured mail rather than First Class International as I used before. The previous shipping did save my customers money and I personally covered the value of lost goods in transit. I had no lost items in 3 years so we all won......until this year. As of today I have paid back $470 in losses for shipments that did not arrive just since January. I won't go into my profit level per sale but lets just say that for me, selling international this year has been a break even favor at this point. The only way I will continue is to let the Postal service pay for losses by changing my mailing methods. I have also been covering the 2.5% Paypal currency exchange fees on top of their usual 3% + $0.30 per transaction.

What this means is where a strop used to ship for $17, it will now sadly rise to $28 with insurance included. It will get there faster but if lost I don't go broke. Several strops together will run even higher.

I do apologize for the changes but just cannot afford to loose any more on international sales.

Sorry guys,
Tony