Shipping from US is too expensive! Any recommendations?

[Erik_Twice]

I've been eyeing a bunch of stuff for my gaming setup, mostly hardware equipment like Extron Emotias, RGB Interfaces and the likes. The problem is that they don't seem to exist outside of the US and shipping is completely out of wack, a 20€ machine would cost me from 40 to 60€ more on shipping alone!

There must be a better way to do this. Any thoughts?

[Ziggy]

If you or a buddy are handy with a soldering iron, you can make a lot of that stuff yourself. That way, you can source all the parts from a local supplier and avoid international shipping costs.

[Tanooki]

If you got someone on this board or elsewhere to buy the parts for you and forward them on I take it the savings isn't there?