“...I go to Amazon...to buy things.”
This is the problem. Most people are not tech savvy enough to avoid the bad guys. They just bounce from one criminal website to another. I recently bought an item that was initially linked to Amazon in an article but instead I went to the manufacturer website directly through a simple DDG lookup. The manufacturer had a cheaper price than Amazon and free shipping so I bought it from them and cut out Amazon altogether. For quite some time I’ve been avoiding many companies and websites that are known to be supporting the worldwide Evil Empire. This is certainly less convenient, but it’s God’s work!
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Manufacturer websites do not ship overseas, at anywhere near the shipping rates of Amazon and they do not have automatic customs clearance. If I order anywhere but Amazon, a minimum 12% VAT is added, and up to 100% additional customs tariffs.
I understand your problem, but most people don’t have such difficulties. The product I recently bought was from a Canadian manufacturer shipped to the US. It was cheaper doing that than buying from Amazon. This is usually the case throughout North America.