Comment by nottorp

Didn't know that. I'm just a stupid EU sheep.

Incidentally, even Amazon US uses that facility. They charge me my local VAT plus some change ("exchange rate whatever" commission, something under 1%) and the package arrives in my hands via courier without any further interaction.

Even Mouser has set up a warehouse inside the EU in the past years. They went from a pain to order from to a pleasure.

Just to emphasise, this system has been set up for ages because you did need to pay VAT on imports anyway. Even without any special tariffs. And that means a visit to the post office in person.