Everything you buy is considerably more expensive on Vertbaudet's US website than on their French website even though their French prices include a 20% sales tax (TVA). What a despicable business practice when you know that you actually buy the same products/items from the same warehouse(s) in France). You are cheated once. US customers should also be very careful when they buy from Vertbaudet's US website. If you pay with a credit card, you will be charged an additional foreign transaction fee (~ 3% of the total) by your bank (unless you use a credit card that waives this fee). Vertbaudet, dishonestly, doesn't warn you. This fee and any additional fees are hidden in their Terms and Conditions. You are cheated twice. This intentional lack of transparency makes me question Vertbaudet's integrity.