Yeah I know. I live in Norway too. When ordering most things from outside Norway we have to add VAT. Some shops In Europe make us pay VAT from their country, and then we have to pay Norwegian VAT on top of that. Speak about being robbed. New state in the USA, that's a new thing I have not heard before. I know one way to avoid VAT in Norway is if I download it. This I believe is because we here are outside the EU. Another way to get it cheaper is a company I know that gives you a "postbox" in the USA and from there can send it from there. Snekkis if you are interested you should see www.magnum.no. They only ship to Norway and I believe Sweden. But I stil wonder way Eovia takes so much more for Carrara in Europe. I don't think there is import taxes, but there could be.