I'm down here in South America, so I can't help. But I have a question: you guys in the US and EU don't have to pay any taxes or fees or whatever when you receive something coming from overseas?
Because here in Brazil, anything that's declare over US$50,00, including shipping costs, we have to pay 60% of the declare value and shipping cost, and plus some other taxes.
Meaning, even if somebody in US or EU wants to send me a guitar or bass as a gift, I still have to pay 60% of the declare value to receive it, otherwise I can't have it and it gets put up to auction.
They don't really follow the rules exactaly, so little things like guitar parts may or may not pass through customs free of tax. So it's always a gamble to buy things off e-bay.
I have bought pickups and other parts before and didn't have to pay anything, but then in other ocasion I bought a couple of sets of flatwound strings and had to pay the 60% thing.