Wanted: eBay Item from Germany

I do have a (somewhat) similar problem. I tried to acquire an eBay item from Edinburgh, used the "Buy It Now" button. The seller refused to be of any help with posting the item to Germany, their house courier will have to charge 220 GBP (!) for a Ladies Carlton frame including insurance. The price of the actual item is 200 GBP, so 220 GBP for transportation seems unreasonable. Asked for other options the shop wrote they won't send the item with other courier services since they're insured with the company that served them up to now. I inquired on my own via google search and wrote emails to other courier services without reply.
By the way I'm located near Frankfurt/ Germany. I don't know if you got your problem solved in the meantime.
Best of luck!

Did you end up have to pull out the sale in the end?
A courier for a frame to Germany from UK would be £25 (MAX) INCLUDING FULL INSURANCE via DHL Euro Plus.