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Not impressed with the price but hey, this is France !
Better value here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-500g-COPPER-GREASE-T...
Better value here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-500g-COPPER-GREASE-T...
Expatloon said:
Not impressed with the price but hey, this is France !
This. I have never understood why so many automotive components and service items are mind blowingly expensive in France; even the 'ventes par correspondance..'Some 12 years ago I had a catalytic converter go phut. Including VAT and delivery, it was £300 cheaper to have the identical item ordered and sent from the UK to the Alpes. All the local suppliers were of a similar price. To a man, they refused to budge on price, even when told of the identical item and cost from the UK. The answer was 'non, c'est pas possible, monsieur.' They all missed out on a guaranteed sale at sensible profit...it's all just Froglet madness.
v8250 said:
Expatloon said:
Not impressed with the price but hey, this is France !
This. I have never understood why so many automotive components and service items are mind blowingly expensive in France; even the 'ventes par correspondance..'Some 12 years ago I had a catalytic converter go phut. Including VAT and delivery, it was £300 cheaper to have the identical item ordered and sent from the UK to the Alpes. All the local suppliers were of a similar price. To a man, they refused to budge on price, even when told of the identical item and cost from the UK. The answer was 'non, c'est pas possible, monsieur.' They all missed out on a guaranteed sale at sensible profit...it's all just Froglet madness.
paulwirral said:
v8250 said:
Expatloon said:
Not impressed with the price but hey, this is France !
This. I have never understood why so many automotive components and service items are mind blowingly expensive in France; even the 'ventes par correspondance..'Some 12 years ago I had a catalytic converter go phut. Including VAT and delivery, it was £300 cheaper to have the identical item ordered and sent from the UK to the Alpes. All the local suppliers were of a similar price. To a man, they refused to budge on price, even when told of the identical item and cost from the UK. The answer was 'non, c'est pas possible, monsieur.' They all missed out on a guaranteed sale at sensible profit...it's all just Froglet madness.
The not possible . I priced some oak flooring at a timber merchants in sarlat during my build and when I told the guy how much it cost in England I got the not possible speech .
I bought it in England and took it with me , dropped him a sample off with the price list from England . He was honestly amazed .
I also priced an alternator at just under 400 euros and bought it in England for half that .
The wine is cheap though , drink enough of it and it helps you forget how much everything else costs .
I bought it in England and took it with me , dropped him a sample off with the price list from England . He was honestly amazed .
I also priced an alternator at just under 400 euros and bought it in England for half that .
The wine is cheap though , drink enough of it and it helps you forget how much everything else costs .
paulwirral said:
The not possible . I priced some oak flooring at a timber merchants in sarlat during my build and when I told the guy how much it cost in England I got the not possible speech .
I bought it in England and took it with me , dropped him a sample off with the price list from England . He was honestly amazed .
I also priced an alternator at just under 400 euros and bought it in England for half that .
The wine is cheap though , drink enough of it and it helps you forget how much everything else costs .
400 euros for an alternator? That's plain crazy.I bought it in England and took it with me , dropped him a sample off with the price list from England . He was honestly amazed .
I also priced an alternator at just under 400 euros and bought it in England for half that .
The wine is cheap though , drink enough of it and it helps you forget how much everything else costs .
True, the wine's better priced...but so much more is at much higher cost. I've often wondered when some folk are going to properly grasp the nettle with professional online/web based sales, by-passing their traditional route to markets, and provide identical product at reduced pricing. Or, will these highly successful UK models fall flat on their arses as the French simply do not buy as much online as the UK?
Just before Christmas, we had our friendy's 17-year old grandson staying with to try to improve his English for his Bac, this year.
We were having dinner at my mate's house and we were both giving him stick about the state of La France. We reminded him him that ,when we were his age, every student in Paris was tearing up the streets demanding change. He floored us with the statement that he thought France would change - "but not in his lifetime"
We were having dinner at my mate's house and we were both giving him stick about the state of La France. We reminded him him that ,when we were his age, every student in Paris was tearing up the streets demanding change. He floored us with the statement that he thought France would change - "but not in his lifetime"
Continuing off topic about silly prices. Had a small electric fire in my Renault 5 in the UK many years ago, a new loom from the renault dealer in the UK was much more expensive than one from french dealers.
Got my parents to get one locally and post it to the UK. The joke was that the loom had been made in Ireland and was still cheaper after going half way around europe than across the irish sea !
Got my parents to get one locally and post it to the UK. The joke was that the loom had been made in Ireland and was still cheaper after going half way around europe than across the irish sea !
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