The shipping is the same as if you quote fedex.com, actually thats much worse for EU. Were working on fixing this but that requires fedex fixing our rates in their API, but once it is fixed we will refund any differences.
You wont pay double VAT/Import, we do a DDP which is why youre charged VAT.
The EU has many taxes and fees for companies that do business with it - we gain nothing from all those extra charges, talk to your governments.
Theres also a lot of misinformation in this thread - so much it is hard to keep up on. I would really encourage reading the FAQ on
http://www.squirrelsresearch.comPlease, consider a payment by debit card, I'll buy at once.
I don't even know what ACH transfer means.