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Note:The Ministry of Finance and Economy's consumer and fraud unit and the consumer association UFC have investigated how independent such sites are from the companies presented. 11 out of 12 sites were reminded about the regulations in force, since they were not respecting them. Five sites incorretly made the consumers believe that their selections of traders were exclusive. One privileged their trading partner that were paying for a better presentation. Packaging and post may or may not be included. The sites may be useful, but it is advised not to depend exclusively on them.

Twenga. No payment to be included.
Acheter-moins-cher.com.
Buycentral from Lycos.
Idealo.fr.
Leguide.com.
Kelkoo.fr from Yahoo.
Monsieurprix.com.
Pricerunner.fr.

Personal Shoppers

Personalshopperparis. Your personal shopper Paris Eléonore Chedeville.

General Shopping Sites

Mistergooddeal.
Yahoo France.
Lycos.

Office Equipment & Stationery

See also Business

Bechtle.
Bernard. Focus on cleaning and hygiene.
Bruneau.
Inmac Wstore.
JPG. Expensive.
Metro. Cash and Carry France. Large stores. Reasonable prices. Access for businesses only.
Office Depot. Large choice. Many stores open for private persons and businesses.
Otto Office.
Raja. Packaging materials. For businesses only.
Toner Services. Printer cartridges. Cheap.
Viking Direct. A subsidiary of Office Depot, targeted at small businesses.
Vistaprint. Printed stationery etc. Permanently offers free business cards.
Welcome Office.

Books, Videos, CDs, Computer Equipment, Software, Hi-Fi, Photo...

Metro. Cash and Carry France. Large stores. Access for registered businesses only.
Amazon:
Amazon France
Amazon UK
Amazon US
Amazon Germany
Computer software, books, CDs, DVDs, games, and much more, used or new.
All Amazon sites sell English books.
Even if you live in France, it is often cheaper to order from other Amazon sites, even when you take postage into account. The strong euro makes prices on Amazon UK and Amazon US more interesting. Prices can be very different on the different Amazon sites for the same products, sometimes 2-3 times more expensive on one Amazon site than another. A recent order of four DVDs that I split between Amazon UK and Germany cost me a total of 49 euros including postage, whereas the same articles would have cost 61 euros from Amazon France, even with free shipping. One of the DVDs cost 5.75 euros on Amazon UK and 15 euros on Amazon France. Another cost 11 euros on Amazon Germany and 20 euros on Amazon France. Of course, the selection of languages and subtitle languages may be different but English is nearly always included on all national versions. Technically speaking, the products are not identical because of the language selection differences, but I personally don't care so long as I can get the sound and subtitles in English.
On the practical site, the different Amazon sites all recognise the same login and password, and the sites share your address and payment details so you don't need to open different accounts on different sites.
Amazon currency conversion - WARNING: As in 'improvement' for their customers, Amazon now automatically convert the order total to the local currency of the credit card used if the credit card currency is not the same as the order currency. In fact, this 'improvement' benefits Amazon, not the customer, as the exchange rate commission they apply is close to 4%, which is a worse deal than most credit cards which typically apply betwen 1% and 3% commission. All you have to do is manually set the currency back to the order currency before ordering.
Virgin Megastore France CDs, videos etc.
FNAC Computer software & hardware, hi-fi, TV, photo, books, videos, CDs etc.
Surcouf Computer software & hardware, hi-fi, photo etc.
Rue du Commerce A bit of everything.
Alapage. Books, videos, CDs etc.
Auchan. One of the large chain stores. Also supermarket.
Carrefour. One of the large chain stores. Also supermarket.
Conforama. Mid-range.
Cora. One of the large chain stores. Also supermarket.
E. Leclerc. One of the large chain stores. Also supermarket.
About Batteries. Batteries for phones, PCs, cameras, etc.
Onduleurs.fr. Replacement batteries for UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply).
Mdsbatterie.com.fr. Replacement batteries for UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply).
AVOID: priceforce.fr. Late delivery. Product listed in stock but unavailable. Different and more expensive products shipped. Refund problems. See article by the consumer association UFC.

BHV
Galeries Lafayette
Printemps

White Goods, Household Electronics, Hi-Fi, TV...

Metro. Cash and Carry France. Large stores. Access for registered businesses only.
Maismoinscher. Small independent online retailer with lower prices that delivers directly to your home.
Boulanger. One of the large chain stores.
BUT. Low-cost.
Conforama. Mid-range.
Darty. One of the large chain stores.
Auchan. One of the large chain stores. Also supermarket.
Carrefour. One of the large chain stores. Also supermarket.
Cora. One of the large chain stores. Also supermarket.
E. Leclerc. One of the large chain stores. Also supermarket.
AVOID: priceforce.fr. Late delivery. Product listed in stock but unavailable. Different and more expensive products shipped. Refund problems. See article by the consumer association UFC.

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Large supermarkets (Hypermarchés, grandes surfaces)

Auchan. Auchan group.
Auchan Direct. Home delivery Auchan. Auchan group. Order online and get delivered at home. Available in the Paris, Lyon, Toulouse and Lille areas.
Auchan Drive. Drive-in Auchan. Auchan group. Order online and collect in two minutes on site.
Carrefour. Carrefour group.
Cora. Louis Delhaize group.
E. Leclerc. E. Leclerc group.
Géant Casino. Casino group.
Hyper U. Système U group.

Ordinary-size supermarkets (Supermarchés)

Carrefour Market. Carrefour group.
Casino. Casino group.
Champion. Carrefour group.
Intermarché. Mousquetaires group.
Super U. Système U group.

Limited-size supermarkets (Moyenne surface)

Albinuta. Louis Delhaize group.
Atac. Auchan group.
Biocoop. Coop group.
Carrefour Express. Carrefour group.
Coccinelle. Francap group.
Diagonal. Diapar group.
Ecomarché. Mousquetaires group.
Marché U. Système group.
Maxi. Coop group.
Migros.
Monoprix. Casino group.
Simply Market. Auchan group.
Super Leclerc. E. Leclerc group.

Small stores (Superette)

8 à huit. Carrefour group.
Carrefour Contact. Carrefour group.
Cocci Market. Francap group.
Eco Service. Casino group.
Match. Louis Delhaize group.
Maxi Coop. Coop group.
Petit Casino. Casino group.
Point Coop. Coop group.
Proxi. Carrefour group.
Relais des Mousquetaires. Mousquetaires group.
Spar. Casino group.
Utile. Système U group.
Vival. Casino group.
Votre Marché. Diapar group.

Small city stores (Superette ville)

Carrefour City. Carrefour group.
Coop. Coop group.
Diagonal. Diapar group.
Franprix. Casino group.
G20. Diapar group.
Marché Plus. Carrefour group.
Marché U. Système U group.
Petit Casino. Casino group.
Shopi. Carrefour group.
Sitis. Diapar group.
U Express. Système U group.

Discount stores

Aldi. Aldi Nord group.
Dia. Carrefour group.
Ed (Europa Discount) Carrefour group.
Leader Price. Casino group.
Lidl. Schwarz group.
Mutant. Coop group.
Mutant Express. Coop group.
Netto. Mousquetaires group.
Norma.
Penny Market.

Specialist stores, miscellaneous stores

Picard. Quality frozen food stores.
Nicolas. Wine and alcohol.
Le Nez Rouge. Large choice of NON French wines. 11 rue Alexandre Cabanel, Paris 15, Tel. 0147348740.
Metro. Cash and Carry France. Large stores. Access for registered businesses only.

Internet - Drive-in stores

Chronodrive. Auchan group. Only 1 shop in Marcq en Barœul north of Lille. France's first Internet shopping. Order online 24 hours a day, choosing among 4000 products, and drive in and pick up your goods between 3 and 24 hours later. The goods are brought to your car, and you don't even need to get out.

Furniture (Meubles)

Ameublement.com. Portal of furniture stores in France.
BUT. Low-cost.
Conforama. Mid-range.
Fly. Low-cost. Good quality.
Atlas. Medium cost. Good quality.
Crozatier. Luxury.
Ikea France. Swedish furniture. Medium cost. Medium quality.

DIY - Do-It-Yourself (Bricolage)

Castorama.
Leroy Merlin.
Bricorama.

Cars General, Car Parts, Accessories and Maintenance

For travel information and fuel prices, see our site Streetwise France.

How to contest speeding fines and recover your licence points: See the section Government, Legal, Administration.

Se also the section Other Ads, Used Cars and Other Goods, Auctions

Aramisauto. New cars through alternative supply channels. Pay less for new cars.
Auto-ies. New cars through alternative supply channels. Pay less for new cars.
Elite-auto. New cars through alternative supply channels. Pay less for new cars.

Tyres by post order: There are significant savings to obtain by ordering tyres online and having them fitted locally, but You do need to find a local garage that accepts to fit the tyres without sulking because you didn't buy his expensive tyres. Some of the sites below can help you find such a garage. You need to understand the tyre dimensions before ordering. This Wikipedia article will help. The first 3 numbers must match exactly, while you can choose a tyre with a higher load or speed index than the minimum specified by the car manufacturer.
123pneus.
AlloPneus.
Autoprestige-4x4. Also car parts. Lousy search facility for tyres.
Geckopneus.
Goodwheel.
Pneus-online.
Popgom.
Too Pneus.
Trouve-Pneus.
Pneus Leader. Tyres for professionals and businesses only.

First Stop. Car maintenance centre. Bridgestone tyres.
Midas. Car maintenance centre.
Norauto. Car maintenance centre and accessoires shop.
Speedy. Car maintenance centre.
France Casse. Car breakers online. New and used car parts.
Glastint. Car window colouring.

Autovalley. Online car magazine. Data sheets. Tests ...
Outrefranc. Online car magazine. Informatoin. Tests ...

Fédération Française des Véhicules d'Époque. Federation for owners of collectors' cars.

Euro NCAP. EU crash test results.

European Commission official car price index. in the 25 member states. Find the cheapest country for the car you want.