[littlewolvie]

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Originally Posted by RamenRider

To be fair though, import fees are not their problem and there’s not much they can do about that. And shipping towards more remote places is naturally more expensive. As someone who imports regularly, I've come to accept all of this.

True. They didn't come up with import taxes and fees. But I feel however it's something they could try to take more into account. After all, I don't consider Europe as some exotic, remote place. One way to achieve this would be by working with a local European hub. Have the figures shipped from there and you immediately work around the whole customs debacle. It's no like the Chinese don't have any experience with this. They do it all the time with their own products. Sure, that means a little extra hassle, but I would think the idea behind these kickstarters is to get as many people interested as possible.
The fact is that if I don't know in advance how much the figure will cost me in total and I might end up paying 3x the amount, I'll pass. :-(