It will be hard to find anyone that ships overseas, too much risk to the
merchant.

Why is that? If customer gives you CC details what is your risk then? Stolen
CCs?

In addition, you will have to pay duties/taxes on the goods before
receieving them. If shipped UPS, they will collect this in most cases,
upon
delivery.

Sure. Still it can be way cheaper than buying stuff over here in Europe.
It's usually +50% over US prices. And, many countries have a value limit up
to which no duties/taxes will be collected.

It would really help if you had a friend or relative in the US that could
purchase for you, and then ship it to you directly.

Agreed. This is what I do most often

Peter