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Most of France’s "Competing" PC Hardware Retailers Are the Same Company (www.pricesquirrel.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by iluvdata@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Turns out a lot of "competition" is the same company under different names, and it shows up in the price data too.

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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 60 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I'm french, there is a very simple way to buy a gpu in France, you buy it from a German online shop 👌

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[–] Wfh@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

20 years ago, if you wanted a decent guitar in France, you bought it from Thomann.de

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[–] LightDelaBlue@jlai.lu 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

and still do!

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[–] Wfh@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 weeks ago

Cool. I have to admit I haven't bought anything there for more than a decade, there was a non-zero chance they went to shit.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

In the EU, buying online from Germany (or occasionally Poland) is generally the best value option.

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[–] Frettchen@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago

Damn. I always buy German I thought you guys will have a better alternative

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[–] ViscloReader@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Any recommendations?

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[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Idealo and Geizhals cover most of the sales spectrum. But there are also smaller online shops around

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[–] iluvdata@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 1 week ago

yes, this is exactly why i built pricesquirrel too, to see the price gaps between countries since i'm finnish and its often cheaper to buy from germany..

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