I know, that is so annoying. I wanted to buy some computer bits and asked a French colleague to get them off Amazon UK for me and bring them to work, only to be told he got sent packing because they won't ship to France, and Amazon FranceTokyoP6B said:sadly Amazon UK appear unable to post to me as I am outside the UK:
John, yes, I have joined Amazon USA and have very few problems with them shipping from there; I was asked to join Amazon UK and then that would not work as I did not have a UK address... looks like I have some help from a UK based forum member for these filters now; so thanks again to all for your support! 8)"Sorry, Amazon won't ship those products to South Africa."