A few years ago I used to run an eBay business where I sold CDs. The Italy shipments were the worst. They took about a month to get there (other countries would get their CDs in a week, often less) and a lot of times the packages would be opened. And this was back before the post office let you track and insure out of the country packages. My mom still sells online and every CD, no matter how cheap, gets full tracking and insurance to Italy, since otherwise it won't make it.