[lambdasue]

I asked this question months ago (being based in Europe too) and the reply was that I will indeed have to pay my local VAT and import toll when receiving the product.

When I explicitly followed up with whether this means they will ship from China they followed up with saying that it is very likely, but not set in stone yet.

[Al-Khwarizmi]

Thanks for the info! It's a pity. I'd rather pay an extra for shipping when I preorder, in exchange for not having to worry about customs, as some Kickstarters do (or as Amazon does). Customs in my country are cumbersome and used to be unreliable (I have heard reports that they aren't that bad lately, but I still avoid them as knee-jerk reaction).