I guess you can't blame E-On for the VAT- you Europeans should talk to your politicians about that! Here in the US there is no sales tax, just a hefty UPS 2nd Day charge of $45! It shouldn't be THAT high for just a couple of CD's and a manual (the upgrade version)- since I regularly get much heavier stuff than that via UPS for about $25. So E-on, or SOMEBODY, is making a hefty profit from the UPS shipments. (UPS and FedEX do offer volume shippers much lower rates). The only counter-balance is that E-On is supposed to open their own online store and are supposed to be giving Vue 5 purchasers a $50 gift coupon on Vue 5 goodies. Sounds good to me- if some of the very gifted Vue 5-Pro series modelers want to offer some great plants, model sets, etc. it will be a good deal...