Today, a quick post to introduce you to a fellow blogger, Géraldine Lepère from Your vie en rose. Geraldine is a brand new member of the SFN community. Géraldine provides advice on life in France and ready to use French phrases.
As you will see on Your vie en rose, she offers lots of free content: via videos and PDFs, with extra bonus features including complete 20 minute lessons. These are on practical subjects such as:
How to chat with your neighbours
What to say in French on formal occasions
What to talk about at the « machine à café »
How to buy lingerie in French
Essential phrases at the boulangerie
3 rude mistakes 95% expats make - and much much more... Check it out.
Registration is now open and includes a 30 day no questions asked money back guarantee, I think this represents good value for money. There are only 40 places available and if you sign up now you can take advantage of the 100 euro discount. Click here to see the new video and sign up now!
Looks interesting, but how do I deal with my accent? My son gets mad with me and makes me say one word (whatever the word of the moment is) over and over until I get it right. Have tried to explain to him that I don't have a musical ear and my mind is saying one thing and the mouth something else!
Market forces should prevail, these businesses are not charities. FNAC is not a local shop neither are many of these big stores owned by shareholders. They buy the material dirt cheap in the Far East and sell at top price in France. I do buy my groceries, fresh produce etc and small items from local shops but for books, clothes (especially for children as they add TVA to children's clothes in France believe it or not) I buy from the UK. 60-100 euros for a small pair of shoes for a child - really is that acceptable?
To have the price of anything fixed by the state smacks of communism. Deregulating the price of books mean't the price dropped massively in the UK and more people of limited means had access to books - that means children and poorer families.
In France, even with the law on your side try getting a refund on faulty items or an exchange and then you'll soon lose the cuddly feeling of supporting these stores.... I was once like you but after been ripped off too many times I soon stopped.
@Mark: Yes, this sadly often true. But for books, are the prices is unchangeable by law, it is the same to buy online or at the Fnac. However, it is always a good idea to have a look inside the Fnac to see what new books are out, and they are very well known in France for their "dossiers techniques", helping you to choose electrical material (laptop, camera, etc.).
@David: It is a great way to prevent them from disappearing. You are right.
I read the PDF also. I look forwards to getting off my phone and into some larger computing device to explore more. Thank you all for sharing. I hope one day I can return the favour.
I read the PDF - Forget FNAC and most other French shops. Amazon UK and other non-French based sites often offer much better prices (and service) with the postage costs costing much less than the savings.
Great to read this David! You will find a lot of free content to improve your French on yourvieenrose.com. I especially recommend "Chat in the street" for you. Leave me your email below the video and I'll send it to you!