I would like to buy a MacBook Pro Retina 15" w QWERTY keyboard in Paris, France... do I have to add the price of an airline ticket to the US to do this?

Hi,
I hope that someone in the community can help - I called the Apply main number in the US and the guy was clueless - he was even surprised that there are different time zones in other parts of the world.  Yep, I'm an American in Paris and realize that after 7 years here that I just don't want to switch to a french keyboard.  I'm in the market for a new MacBook Pro Retina (I already have one but am changing jobs), but can't seem to figure out how to buy one from Paris.  Apple doesn't ship outside the US...
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Greg

  http://www.apple.com/support/macbookair
Direct you to the proper forum for MacBook :
MacBook Series Forums
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks?view=discussions
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
Mac OS X Forum
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os?view=discussions
Found some items on Google for what you can do, customize when buying, swapping out ($US200 it sounded like) so it is possible.
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&q=US+keyboard+macbook+air+French&oq=US+key board+macbook+air+French
unfortunately it is not so easy because replacing the keyboard is like replacing the upper case!
Installing MacBook Air 13" Mid 2012 Upper Case - Use this guide to replace the upper case, including the backlit keyboard.
For information, i'm french and I have a friend that bought a US macbook pro but wanted a french AZERTY layout. If you buy a brand new one, the tip is to order the devise directly at the online apple store and to ask for the free option Canadian keyboard. Canadian keyboard are also azerty! I don't know for German layout...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/111945/How+to+exchange+the+complete+Keyboard+ (MBA+2012+13%22)
The apple.ca store lists an English or French BTO option. But I don't know if that's the "real" French layout or the Quebec government's stipulated CSA layout. And maybe one with the QWERTY or maybe QWERTZ layout.
The apple.com US site lists:
Keyboard (English) & User's Guide
Keyboard (Western Spanish) & User's Guide
Keyboard (French) & User's Guide
Keyboard (Japanese) & User's Guide
Again. which French or others show what the actual keyboard layout will be or look like.
But buy the MB Air in France and other European countries and the choice and keyboard layout changes again, and most likely the France purchase will have the AZERTY KEYBOARD layout.
No mention I could find of the variations of the "Enter" key differences.
http://www.ehmac.ca/anything-mac/97971-layout-macbook-air-keyboard.html
Mac OS X Help
http://www.apple.com/support/macbasics/
https://www.apple.com/support/osx/
https://www.apple.com/support/quickassist/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/help/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/tour/
Get Help with your Product
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304725

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