Motorhead Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 I fancy a new laptop, seen one I like at dabs.com but they won't deliver to France. They have a very similar model on their French site. However it's 50 quid dearer plus there would be a currency conversion charge on my credit card but the main problem is I can't get on with French keyboards.So, if I get the one I want delivered to a UK address are there any companies out there I can get to redeliver it to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecossais Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 A boxed laptop with manuals etc could weigh 3.5kg+. For this weight, Euro 48 [hours delivery time] by Parcelforce International (from a Post Office) would cost £33.90 + additional compensation (£500 = £10, £1000 = £20) as the standard price only offers loss / damage compensation up to £150. Details: http://www.parcelforce.com/portal/pw/jump2?mediaId=4800007&catId=2500033 http://www.pfwwsg.royalmail.com/servlet/acedispatcher?funcId=100&AceApplication=parcelforce&pageId=frameset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorhead Posted June 12, 2005 Author Share Posted June 12, 2005 Cheers m8Should have contacted them first but I guessed they might shy away from computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelleb Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Have you tried supermarkets, Geant, Carrefour etc we got a belter on offer - 300 euros offFrench keyboard but soon get used to it.Or look on www.rueducommerce.fr free deliveryLee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Also, surely the only difference in the K/B is the position of the A,Z,W & Q keys. Swop them over. The OS defines the result of a keypress, doesn't it? (ie. set the k/b up as a UK keyboard in Windoze - even the French version). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 [quote]Also, surely the only difference in the K/B is the position of the A,Z,W & Q keys. Swop them over. The OS defines the result of a keypress, doesn't it? (ie. set the k/b up as a UK keyboard in Wind...[/quote]No, not that simple unfortunately. The shift key has to be pressed to get numbers and most of the punctuation marks etc are in totally different places on a French keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Have you tried asking Dabs if you can have a couriers/carrier collect it. Most of the UPS/Citilink/Parcelforce, etc will do collections and then deliver on to somewhere else. They generally have no problem with European deliveries. The only think you may find is that, as a “one-off” customer they might be a bit expensive (but worth asking).Alternatively, fins somewhere else that sells it that will do overseas deliveries.RegardsIan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezShells Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 We bought a laptop online from Carrefour and sent it back due to a fault and got a refund but it cost me 20 euros in postage so I wouldnt buy online, we eventually bought from Geant, seen one on offer in the store and got that.Keyboard wise, our keys are shaped so cant change them round, best leaving it as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossiblyTim Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 With 99% of laptops you will be able to plug an external keyboard into either a dedicated keyboard port (otherwise known as a PS2 port) or a usb port. Both are readily available from UK shops, when we move to France we'll bring a supply with us.I know that this is not a good solution if you are travelling around but it's good at home. We sell lots of keyboards to our laptop customers because they don't like to built in laptop keyboards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntina Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Why not just use dell? Last time i ordered a laptop you could select UK keyboard and OS, after sales is also excellent, in fact here in the office we have gone totally 'Dell' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorhead Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 Always been a Dell customer up to now. My last purchase from them makes me think that they're not as good as they used to be.Possibly's solutution is interesting. I've got a UK USB keyboard, can I just plug it into a French laptop and everything will work as usual or do I have to tinker about a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 With Dell, I think many people like them until “things don’t work properly”. When things don’t go right then seem to go really wrong and Dell are pretty incapable of resolving these things to peoples satisfaction. Whilst things normally go fine, one experience when things don’t tends to put people off for life.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntina Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 >>Dell are pretty incapable of resolving these things to peoples satisfactionNot for me - laptop hardrive went with 4-5 days left of the normal RTB warranty, after speaking to a (very) proficient support guy, Dell sent an engineer out within 4 days and fitted a new HD on site, reinstalled the OS and was gone in an hour, hard to beat that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherwood Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 There are very few firms in the UK who will post to France. One is www.laptopsdirect.co.uk. I recently bought a Sony laptop from them. You need to pay through an English bank account, cc etc which must be registered to your French address. The first laptop ordered went missing in Paris but a replacement was sent and arrived in 3 days. The charge for shipping to France is around £99 plus vat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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