I think I have bought around 10 items around here on bass-chat and every time it worked out really well..
People shipped the basses and amps without any problem to Belgium and the contacts were correct and polite.
I've sold some stuff too and you do get the odd question..
I sold a Status King Bass and I got a couple of calls from someone in France with some questions like "What does it sound like ?" "Well, it sounds like on the records of Level 42.." "Euhm..I've never heard of that band"..
"Well, it's Mark King who plays these basses" "Oh, does it sound like a Fender ?" Etc....
In the end I held the phone against my amp and played the bass and he bought it...
But the stuff which is for sale around here is every bassplayers' dream and like I said : great people to deal with.
I sold a vintage '66 Jazz and had to take a lot of pictures, take it apart, had to answer a lot of questions but since it was a 3500 euro bass, people have the right to know what they buy when they're dealing with that amount of money..