If you had to start from scratch, what would you do?

Your gear will sell just the same on ebay as if you bought it in Europe...mine does, yet I buy most of it from Honk Kong.  It's the same gear & no-one ever asks where you bought it from, mostly because it's not under warranty any more.

Come to think of it, I was honest enough to put that fact in my ebay ad when I sold my 5DII...no English manual, software disc for Asia/Austrailia only etc.  My 4 year old camera sold for £950.