VAT is charged to folks in EU member states, it is calculated based on the country of origin, in our case Germany, by our credit card processor in the UK.
i will add a note to the shop to make this clear.
a. it shows you the VAT before you complete your purchase. The shop adds VAT to european customers, it's the law, and our shop does it automatically, no way around this.
b. you can reclaim VAT if you have a VAT number
c. in reality we will soon make a Euro price that includes VAT, because the USD is becoming very hard to do business in europe again. 1.41 exchange rate today. I am sorry to say, the Euro price will not be as great bargain for European customers as today's current USD price in our webshop.