I can appreciate their stand on this as I ship worldwide on a daily basis. It also cost SY for " handling" . There are also hidden costs like folks that give wrong address. The time it takes your help to contact customers on billing details etc. I even had one character ( after paying for several thousand dollar item) not be availible for delivery ( three attempts)!! This was out of contry so they shipped the unit back. Next - he had return shipping PLUS shipping back to him again and handling fees. He complained at the amount for handling AFTER he blew it. I am quite sure that SY deals with some of this. I do not accept paypal or cc and have been in business for 30 years. I am also prehistoric so you need take that into account. As the economy marches downward I can imagine you will see more and more of vendors tightening the clamps as they will be forced to do so.