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Because these are small shops that have limited availability outside North America, and are fairly expensive compared to Thinkpads which are widely used by corporations, and can be found pretty cheaply.
Exactly this - none of those vendors will sell to me, but I can get a ThinkPad shipped from any of the major local retailers, or direct from Lenovo themselves. I'd love a Framework, and I'm trying to set it up so I can get one shipped to a friend in the UK who will be visiting next year but I'm sceptical that the timing will work out or that Framework will accept my credit card
What I don't like about buying things from abroad is that RMA-ing gets difficult and expensive.