Turns out a lot of “competition” is the same company under different names, and it shows up in the price data too.
It’s not a secret: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_LDLC
When I’m buying components I check 17 different stores of which 3 are in the mentioned group.
The article is suggesting that the consolidation of these 5 store-fronts is responsible for the higher prices of components in France compared to Germany. Given how many other (large) retailers there are, including all of the other stores in Europe that ship to France, this surely cannot be a significant contributor to the price difference. You’d need to produce some pretty solid evidence to make that conclusion, and this isn’t it.
I’m french, there is a very simple way to buy a gpu in France, you buy it from a German online shop 👌
20 years ago, if you wanted a decent guitar in France, you bought it from Thomann.de
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…
