Bought a HP from curry’s pc world with a European guarantee..after 6 weeks I discovered from HP in South Africa that all of their equipment is sold without a guarantee to pc world who take the guarantee on. As I had been messed about by PCW for over 4 weeks I couldn’t return it and it had to be sent to the UK for repair. Subsequently my neighbour who had worked for HP stated that they do not test the products and have an average failure rate of 18%..it was cheaper to repair those that were returned than test them off the production line.
Best of luck..I buy locally now if I can except for France.