At least the whole story with the vpns can stop. (Unless you live in Greece...)
http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/buyi...
""For these types of services, and others, you have the
right to buy from a service provider located
in another EU country without:
-price discrimination
-having the seller refuse to sell to you simply
because you live in a different EU country.""
edit: You cannot deny services to the whole European Economic Area (wikipedia has a map so you can compare and see the excluded countries)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Areaedit:formatting