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It's difficult to avoid those extra costs. If you have a friend or business associate in the US, you could ask them to buy it for you, and then send it on to you. But you'll still have to pay the additional postage, import duty and VAT. (Actually, VAT isn't an issue, becase you'd have to pay that even if you could buy the Kindle in Germany.)
Or, you could get someone in the UK to buy it for you. That way, there'd be no duty, and the postage should be less.
In both cases, you'd also have to factor in the foreign exchange costs.
My advice would be to go ahead and order one from Amazon in the US. Even with the postage and duty, the Kindle is good value. In a few months time, you'll have forgotten the cost and will be wondering why you didn't get one earlier.
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