How the heck to buy in UK?

I've spent many hours trying to find a x7 digital download in UK. I'm after a student or education edition (for my wife). It seems it's impossible to get.

On Corel UK site, there are only 4 links to education re-sellers. Out of those, one link no longer lists the Corel Suite, one link doesn't work, one re-seller only does volume subscriptions and the only working one only does boxed software, costing £187.

Also tried Amazon. On US amazon, education edition costs in the range of $65 and is available as a download. But you need a US billing address to use it. On Amazon UK, only x6 can be found and even that costs £80 or more. Not to mention it only comes in a box.

I don't want a boxed edition since it will be installed on a Surface Pro 3 (no dvd drive). I don't need the full edition because it is not for commercial use.

Why is it so hard (impossible) to buy a digital edition outside of US? Why does the older version cost multiples of the US price? Is it really surprising why people pirate software? From what I heard and read, it's even harder to get in other parts of Europe.

Not to mention that Corel website has very limited options for contacting support. Only phone numbers which nobody answers during a weekend. No way to get in touch via email. Really? What year is this again? Do I need to post a letter? All this lack of ways of contacting Corel could leave one very wary of after sales support.

If I can't find a digital copy, I guess I'll need to turn to Adobe.