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Buy Camera in France or USA?

  • 10-01-2008 6:48pm
    #1
    Sneachta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 497 ✭✭


    Hi I am currently living in France for the next while. Would it be worth my while having a camera bought in USA by a friend and sent over to France or should I just buy it here? Which would be cheaper?

    Thanks for any helpful replies


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  • #2
    Ricky91t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    would it not be best to check prices in france and compare them to conns or gunns (Whoever is cheapest and see)I think the us will be cheaper but you miss out with the warranty :D


  • #3
    Sneachta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 497 ✭✭Sneachta


    ricky91t wrote: »
    would it not be best to check prices in france and compare them to conns or gunns (Whoever is cheapest and see)I think the us will be cheaper but you miss out with the warranty :D

    Thanks for reply, could you give me links please?


  • #4
    Calina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    What camera do you want to buy? FNAC are currently looking for 1169E for a 40D body only so the States is possibly less expensive, but the French customs might well be interested in the arrival of a camera from the States.


  • #5
    JMcL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭JMcL


    Calina wrote: »
    What camera do you want to buy? FNAC are currently looking for 1169E for a 40D body only so the States is possibly less expensive, but the French customs might well be interested in the arrival of a camera from the States.

    Avoid FNAC like the plague, they're horrendously expensive - it makes Irish prices look good value. If you're in Paris Blvd Beaumarchais is the place to go for choice. There's a place which is pretty good, but whose name escapes me at the moment, up near Cirque D'Hiver. It's on the left as you walk towards Republique and they've 2 or 3 shops side by side selling different gear

    Camera gear is pretty expensive in France in general. I've looked extensively, and haven't come up with anything very exciting online either, even for delivery within France.


  • #6
    RoryW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭RoryW


    JMcL wrote: »
    Blvd Beaumarchais is the place to go for choice.

    Line 8, Metro Stop St Sebastian Froissart and walk in the direction of Bastille. A number of shops on both sides of the street


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  • #7
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    what about ordering from one of the german sites, some of them are not bad

    www.ac-foto.com i think is one


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