How on earth is that gonna fix a broken screen?!?

Many companies don't provide international warranty, and for those that don't, you take the risk by buying a device in a country you do not have easy access to.

When I buy devices in a country I don't live in or visit often, I consider the risk. E.g., in the case of my Canon DSLR (exact same model is available in my home country, but AFAIK Canon only respects warranty on DSLRs *actually* sold in your home country), I bought a 3rd-party international warranty.

Some companies are better about this, some have limited international warranty (e.g. Acer I think), but this is definitely not only Nokia, and not only smartphones.

You may want to see if a 3rd-party is able to fix your device for a small fee, or at least identify the exact problem, if you aren't able to, or don't have the equipment, to do it yourself. I did this once with a different Nokia phone (that wasn't supported by Nokia as in the country the network operator provides Nokia support, and the handset was replaced by insurance after the original device was stolen).

i would rather get a screen from ebay than drive only 20 miles to my nearest nokia care point, mainly because i would be without the phone for 30 ish days if i let them fix it