Custom clearance EU, especially L5

[amarok]

Indeed. The 2nd question in the archived FAQ reads:

Do you have a German or UK/EU Reseller?

Yes, we have partnered with a German reseller, and will be shipping all German (and UK/EU orders) from Germany.

It’s regrettable that they didn’t, or couldn’t, follow through with that. I remember reading here that it didn’t happen, but I’ve forgotten why.

Edit: I found this comment from @nicole.faerber

Shipping within the EU from Germany?

Oh dear… I’m afraid that I can not give you any concrete answer on this yet as we are still figuring out details. It has already been mentioned here that VAT is the core problem - there is no customs tariff on mobile phones (or laptops for that matter) from USA, but everything has to go though VAT which gets added import as import VAT. Businesses can get this reimbursed, private consumers can not. So even if we had a Purism Europe branch of some sorts, VAT would clearly need to get collected f…