Massdrop isn't losing customers. They are US based and have never had those international customers to lose. They're also a professional high volume entity and are not going to find ways around customs etc. Their business model is priced without the extra time and effort needed to find the best shipping methods and filling out extra forms for foreign sales. It's the same reason most companies have separate distributors around the world. Most of Massdrop's products also have distributors with exclusive market agreements. That some dealers are willing to break that agreement and ship to other established markets doesn't make it right. If you've read about folks that buy things this this way not being covered under warranty, that's why. I don't know Campfire's policy for US based customers but if you sent a White Andro to the German distributor for repair, I would suspect he'd make you send it back to that Chinese dealer you bought it from or charge you for the service.
I know massdrop once had some Campfire product offered but I doubt they do that again. It's actually not great marketing for high demand products that already have dealers and distributors unless sales are waning or as an introduction to get established in a market segment. When Campfire did their massdrop sale, they did not have a BA based product considered as TOTL nor the sales network they have now. This got the word out.
As for Campfire, the Andromeda is a great deal. Why would you want to bring up costs with additional inventory and small runs of colors? If China wants a bit of uniqueness and ordered enough to get normal pricing, good on them but it's not a performance based request. Go buy some cool white shoes or take your own advice and import them from a foreign dealer, you know, the thing you wanted to do with massdrop and complained about. Like I said before, they could be baby poop brown and it shouldn't prevent anyone that appreciates its performance to purchase them.
