How/where do EUs get their sticks?

Well it may sound a bit silly, but I'm not EU so I have no idea. However, a close friend is going there on vacation for a few weeks and he is wondering if he could grab a nice full sanwa stick there without resorting to import from somewhere. So what places there sell good arcade sticks? Any at all?

 

Well... It's pretty easy find a Hori ex 2 (when thei aren't sold out of course) in a game's shop; and i found easily the street fighter arcade fightstick in a shop too. To get other sticks... it's impossible.
I tryed to get a tournament edition from sites like amazon.com but they don't sell in the europe.
Now order a stick is a odyssey, the only thing someone can order is a hori ex 2 and isn't sure it will arrive.

 

In Europe eBay is oftentimes your only real choice to get your hands on those EX2, or SF sticks. Haven't seen them in shops around here for awhile.

 

I see, well one thing I forgot to add though: it needs to be a PS3 stick. Are HRAP3s easily found over there? If so, where in UK (and France)?

Keep in mind that if it means buying through the internet he will just import it here, I'm asking about physical shops where he can see and grab the product immediately.

 

I found the arcade fightstick for ps3 too in the gamestop's shops. But onlye one for shop. It's still there i guess... in italy there's not much ps3 users.