International shipping

[airp65]

I am buying an r/c model helicopter on eBay from a UK seller.   He says that he'll need my passport number in order for him to arrange shipping to me in the USA.    I've never heard of this and have never encountered it before from a UK seller.  The only thing I can imagine is that it may have to do with model airplane "drones", a big issue in the US lately. What do we know about this?

[ruby*tuesday]

Best to check on the US State Department Web Site. Look at their Export Regs. May come under ITAR as R C Models maybe Classified as potential Drones. 

[airp65]

That occurred to me as well, and I'm looking into that.
That surprised me, I've never had the need for a passport and don't even
have one.