Yeah that’s BS. Although, if I bought from SS and got hit by customs, that 25% off would mean nothing.
It still makes more financial sense to avoid using SS but the inability to benefit from their deals, reward points, timely reception of new releases etc. will always have me envious of the yanks.
Even if SS brought back the European distribution centre, we’d still be spit out of luck in the U.K. thanks to being the only nation in the world to impose economic sanctions on ourselves. I can’t see SS opening a little centre just for U.K. customers so this is just how it is; pay way more and wait a bit more or wait way more and still pay a bit more.