Thanks! Now I think that workaround might be that potential buyer, from OP in this thread, indeed needs to provide money for the cost of VAT, cover all import costs as applicable within Romania (580+19% = 690.20 EUR) or in some other EU country, under his pre-order name. After Librem 5 delivered to the original buyer from Purism, also needs to be arranged (perhaps with some kind of contract/trust) that package itself is not opened and resent ASAP to the another private buyer (as agreed/arranged with the OP) that already covered cost of the Librem 5 itself to the OP here.
690.20-580.00 = 110.20 EUR increase of cost that seller of Librem 5 (this offer) needs to have already received (available) before receiving/resending out the particular Librem 5. Plus cost of ensured delivery to somewhere else, somebody else. Now we are already at around 720.00 EUR (at least, right now) of the cost in total that OP should expects to be covered anyway/anyhow (perhaps 80% up front). How this will be arranged, it lays on OP to propose (100% up front, 60% up front, payment with rates, I have no extra idea). My only concern is what if OP isn’t expecting to be possible for him/her to pay for the Librem 5 import fee (if now lives somewhere else, lack of money, or whatever reason might be involved), besides being honest.
What if OP changed his previous address of living (and therefore needs to send his new address of delivery to Purism) or something else. Again, my only point was that somehow he/himself needs to pay for the VAT (not someone that buys here related phone/offer from him).
Above approach is of course based on what Purism currently offers for/to EU customers, as if there would be possibility to buy Librem 5 from EU reseller than I’d be able to buy under my name Librem 5, pay for related/necessary VAT and arrange with this/such EU Shop of Purism, that sells Librem 5 with included VAT cost (like Shift Shop preorders, for example, trust me or check by yourself, if EU is place where you live) to send it to some other address of delivery, so easy is this (I pay, someone that I don’t need to even know in person receives package/product that I payed for).
Yet here we (myself) are talking only about import of goods to EU customers from USA, or about “Buying goods online coming from a non-European Union country”, in particular (not to be misunderstood).
P.S. And finally, here is my proposal: “Offers are welcomed only if they come from USA, with USA delivery address (I’m selling my early delivery date/spot)”. Whatever, just don’t get me wrong and help yourself and OP as/if you can. As title of this thread says for $700, customers from USA (Canada?, Australia?) only, “please”, as my preference and all related (like direct delivery) “will be arranged with Purism, for sure” (in accordance to their selling strategy).