As I know the ec order would never be placed. The organizer did had contacted Massdrop and asked them to claim a lower cost for the whole order ,then the tax could be lowered or avoided, which is obviously illegal.
This proposition was turned down by Massdrop.
The upset organizer is also reluctant to seek the proxy service that can avoid the tax too.
Then this guy has made a decision that the order won't be placed unless a new way could be found out to avoid the potentially high tax.