Amazon Deals Vs Shipping Fees

This is about the recently concluded Amazon Germany 3 for 2 offer on Box sets CD/Vinyl and others....This time i refrained from this deal….reason? Shipping……the particular problem with Amazon Germany is shipping….in case i choose standard delivery, they would charge me around 14 Euros (shipping and packaging, which is still ok) and send via Deutsche post…..but lately they have started sending shipments thru DHL even for standard delivery and DHL apart from the 14 Euros charges hefty fees under 3-4 different heads starting from customs duty, tax on duty, surcharge on tax, disbursement fee and more taxes……thats adds to almost 50% of my original order value….sad but true…..i would prefer regular post that Amazon UK does….in case it sneaks out i’m lucky….else regular post can attract customs duty too but i have been lucky so far….hence Amazon germany is not on my watchlist anymore….any thoughts are welcome….cheers