Also, can you find anyone else who wants to buy parts? Split the postage costs? I don't know what your incoming customs handling and charging is like...
If you're looking for surface mount stuff, the sample books on ebay are very, very handy. Search for '0603 book' , or 0805 or whatever.
(The fake components do exist, but I think they're a lot rarer than people seem to think, it sometimes seems to be a case of 'my circuit doesn't work, parts must be fake', when there are other possibilities. I buy a fair amount from non-mainline dealers, and the worst I've had is a reel of Maxim voltage references that were etched as 4.096V, but were actually 2.500V)