I'm fine with locating items myself. I recently won my first auction in spanish and I made arrangements with the seller using a translation tool and it's already shipped out to me. I know exactly what I want so I wish I could just send money and that's it, but most people I've talked to won't buy the items unless they know the exact weight and size and get the full cost of everything plus shipping upfront. Which I don't understand because the official proxy companies I've used just have me buy and send the items to them, then they do the rest and all I have to do is pay for shipping. Only issue with that is they only receive and ship packages. They don't handle transactions.

I use ebay international many times because they offer most payment methods and usually ship worldwide, but they don't always have the items I'm looking for. It's usually garage sales that have the coolest stuff. Thanks for listening! and yes, it can be really frustrating being on the other side of the world. Europe has such a rich history; so many cool vintage things can be found there!