@whvholst@nemobis The EU did something unprecedented in its history, in response to Brexit: it made trading easier, for low value items:
That handling fee would be a problem if what you're buying is £20.
Anything not exceeding 150 EUR has this rule: non-EU merchants can(must) sign up to the IOSS scheme; they charge your country's VAT rate during checkout, and file VAT in only 1 EU country. Before, you had to register in every EU country.
I deal in higher value so you pay VAT at the border.