And I thought you'd already noticed that on my bad english...
Yes, i'm german, living in the near from Schalke-Stadion (soccer, everybody should know
), and befor I become an IT-Consultant, I'm working as a coal-miner here in the 'Ruhrgebiet'. Not a joke, but long ago.
I'm also for sending it back here in D first. It would also be much faster, more practical and, last but not least, cheaper overall, than sending it to the USA in a star shape there and back. But, of course, I'm also happy to follow the order originally agreed.