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French MRE
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:17 pm
by UCMRE
I am going to purchase some french (FCIR I belive they are called) mre from France.
The seller is quoting me 300 euro or around 335 usd.
Is this a reasonable price for 14 mre expirey date jan 2019 and shipping combined to canada?
Thanks for your time and have an awesome day. Cheers.
Re: French MRE
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:59 pm
by kwiklot
It doesn't seem to out of this world but my .02 is that I would have him ship 2-3 and see how long it takes to get here the larger shipments or bigger packages have a tendency for customs to snoop around in.
Re: French MRE
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:02 pm
by kman
That's some good advice from kwiklot. I'd hate to see that many rations come in one box and get refused by customs. It might cost you a little more in shipping to break it up into 2 or 3 shipments, but at least you might get something.
Re: French MRE
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:27 pm
by UCMRE
Thank you for the info kwiklot and kman. I always forget about customs and new to buying mre. Ive only recived 4 from russia so far and all the meals from the states.
Re: French MRE
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 2:13 pm
by housil
UCMRE wrote:I am going to purchase some french (FCIR I belive they are called) mre from France.
The seller is quoting me 300 euro or around 335 usd.
The others are right about customs and shipment.
€21.50 per rations is an "OK" price if they are
French rations (RCIR) make sure you don´t get just the
French "TOTMs".
Re: French MRE
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 4:06 pm
by Eistee
do the 300€ contain the shipping already?
Re: French MRE
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:46 pm
by UCMRE
yes Eistee that was the price including shipping. he has it broken down where you buy 12 and its costs 180 euro to ship so around 10$ per unit. they are the larger ration where menu #1 is ostrich and cranberry Housil.
Re: French MRE
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 3:21 pm
by Ruleryak
Just make sure you know what you're getting. A case of RCIRs will all be the same menu unless the seller specifically says they'll mix them up. RCIRs come 12 to a case, and each case will be the same menu by default (eg. a case of 12 menu 1's). You mentioned 14, which stood out as a potential problem so I wanted to bring that up.
Re: French MRE
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 5:00 pm
by Eistee
he has it broken down where you buy 12 and its costs 180 euro to ship
that 180€ sounds abit much for my taste
after my calculations it shouldn´t be more than 100€
Re: French MRE
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:50 pm
by rabidwolf
Ruleryak wrote:Just make sure you know what you're getting. A case of RCIRs will all be the same menu unless the seller specifically says they'll mix them up. RCIRs come 12 to a case, and each case will be the same menu by default (eg. a case of 12 menu 1's). You mentioned 14, which stood out as a potential problem so I wanted to bring that up.
German EPA are the same way. Each case are all the same menu.
