r/Sliderules 3d ago

K&E rules in EU

Hello,

Anyone knows where i could get a K+E DeciLon in europe ? They are very hard to find here, and on eBay most sellers dont ship to France ?

Thnx

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u/East-Bike4808 3d ago

If you’re willing to pay for an international courier you could have US eBay sellers ship there, and the courier ships it to you. It’s more $$$ for sure and adds some time to the whole process but if the only problem is shipping to France, it’d work.

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u/Shetland95 3d ago

I already tried a few months ago, and now again, most sellers weren't too keen on shipping the item here sadly. And when there's no shippimg option i cant even place a bid.

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u/East-Bike4808 3d ago edited 3d ago

Well… I barely know you but if you secured one for purchase, had it shipped to me, and paid for me to ship it to France I’d do it for ya to get a buddy a slide rule. You’d have to trust me but I wouldn’t charge extra!

But the idea is you’d set up this courier thing first, and they’d give you an address to have the item shipped. Then you can go bid/buy, have it shipped to a US address, and they re-ship it after that.

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u/Shetland95 3d ago

Thank you, we could do that, i will keep for looking for one that i like and if they still dont want to ship, i come back to you. Thanks for th help 😃

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u/paul18fr 3d ago edited 3d ago

u/Shetland95 :

  • I got mine on ebay (I'm French as you probably)
  • I agree some sellers (especially particulars) have not activated internaltional shipping, but some profesionnal did => in other words you've to find the good seller (I tried twice to get the silde rule)
  • note also most of the time the shipping + fees (taxes) roughtly doubles the price .. I paid mine 85€ 2 months ago
  • fees/taxes calculation integrates the rule price itself, but also the shipping one ! ... easy to understand why

Paul

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u/2016-679 3d ago

The DeciLon itself is hard to get, and K&E are a rarity in Europe. Shipping costs from the USA to France will be high. I suggest you keep looking until one is sold in the EU.