I rather have Andy ship them to me. It avoids a lot of hassle and I'm guaranteed to receive mint copies. Ever tried to return something intercontinental? It's hell
Actually, returning something to Amazon.com from Germany is as easy as within Germany, I do it all the time - it's free and fairly fast. Ironically, it's a lot less of a hassle compared to returning something to Amazon in other European countries.
May of course be different from other countries, but for me ordering from Amazon.com is pretty safe, at least in that regard.
And also... are there really mint copies of anything in the US? Quality control there is absolute sh!t, I don't think I ever got anything from the US that doesn't have a dent or scratch somewhere, no matter where I get the stuff from, because usually there are damages that do not come from the shipment (yesterday I got the Heavy Metal 4k steel, which is a nice one, but it actually came with an inside-out dent/bump on it, definitely did not happen on the way

). Drives me nuts.