Online Shops in Europe, looking for suggestions

[tinpanalley]

I'm moving to Europe (France) this summer and I desperately need to know what I'm going to do to replace newegg and b&h as my defaults for buying computer and tech gear online. Surely there must be equivalents, or similarly respected shops, retailers online and in stores. Asking for anyone to know the exact shops near Paris may be a long shot but any help would be great. I'm getting worried about things like where I'm going to get new RAM chips, etc. I had heard there were a few UK stores online.

Any help would be AWESOME, thank you!

 

[piasabird]

Make friends with some people like American businessmen that travel to EU. Maybe they could smuggle stuff in their luggage. Another Idea is make friends with the servicemen that can order parts and ship parts via APO. I wonder if prices are cheaper in the UK. Just a tunnel ride away. Isnt there a big reasearch facility for AMD in Germany?

Maybe there is a big black market in Europe.

 

[ret]

Most of the times hardware is more expensive in Europe compared to the USA.
I can't tell exact shops in France or near Paris but often it's a good option to get something from eBay (even from China/Hong Kong). I've got a few comparatively cheap items like USB sticks, memory cards, replacement batteries from eBay and I haven't got problems.

 

[Kristijonas]

Surely there must be equivalents, or similarly respected shops, retailers online and in stores. Asking for anyone to know the exact shops near Paris may be a long shot but any help would be great.

We don't have equivalents of sites similar to newegg as far as I know... welcome to Europe! I'm sure there are hundreds of smaller sites selling hardware in France, so actually it would probably be best for you if you could find several of them. Perhaps some of them will be translated to English or you can let Google Chrome do that for you. Europe is decentralized and local, so just ask people around or use french google perhaps.