I definitely considered this, it was just the look on local faces, they said that stuff does arrive but sometimes goes missing too. My screen is more like $300 so considering I have a functional setup I decided I was happy enough. Besides the hackery was worth it in itself :) And I'll be in Delhi next week now anyway.
I broke the screen on my Dell Mini 9, bought one on eBay for $20 and it arrived in Guatemala 4 days later. It was easy enough to swap out myself [1]
I'm in West Africa now, and just hard some parts shipped to me - arrived in 4 days from the USA.
Shipping is global, fast, and easy.
[1] http://theroadchoseme.com/laptop-repaired