Col. Panic's Journal: EU VAT

OK I discovered something cool about being in the USA. Apparently people in the EU are getting stuck with a 20% tax (VAT) that we Americans don't have to pay! I recently bought a Suunto Stinger dive watch from a website (tgidiving.com) in Italy. This thing is made in Finland and since TGI Diving was shipping outside the EU they deducted 20% which came to $86! Also, shipping via UPS Worldwide (?) took only three days. Woot!