What's the deal with eBay lately?

Are there no more American bidders on eBay?

Why do I constantly get foreign bidders on my items when I clearly state that I will only ship to the United States? Are we in a recession? Is the dollar so weak against foreign currency that Europeans are bargain hunting?

The past two items I sold were sent to German bidders simply because I can't get Americans to bid on my stuff. I hate shipping internationally, but lately that's all I've been doing. The current item I have up has 1 bid and a question from a person from Holland ("Will you ship to Holland?"). UGH.

Why do I hate shipping internationally? Because it's a lot more work.

Domestic shipping:

1) print a label
2) stick it on package
3) request carrier pickup
4) stick package outside at my front door

International shipping:

1) calculate shipping for person who wants you to ship to Holland even though your auction says you don't
2) receive email instructions about how they want to fill out the customs forms
3) print postage
4) cut out collate the 4-page customs form
5) take package and forms to Post Office
6) wait in line
7) explain that I don't need postage because I printed it at home
8) wait while flustered Postal Employee actually figures out what is going on
9) pray that the form isn't missing any information
10) receive multiple emails from person asking for a tracking number
11) receive more emails from person as to why tracking information says the package has "attempted deliver", but that nobody actually delivered the package yet
12) receive more emails from person asking if I can help them receive their package

sigh...