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Contacted Bois Joly last week to reserve a pitch and got a letter back today with a form to sign to reserve a pitch.

The problem i have with this is that they want me to pay a deposit by either credit card or postal order, BUT i would have to write my card details AND signature on the form they sent (in a specific space ) and send it back or send a postal order for the amount,  i cant get one in euros (can i?) and if i do it means paying a good whack more for buying an order, (poundage i think its called )

I am just not too happy sending my details like this, has anyone else had similar problems? if so how did you deal with it??, the site doesn't have internet payment facilities and although i speak  a wee bit of french it's not good enough to phone them and explain.

Bryan

Hi Bryan

Would you like us to send a deposit cheque from our French account for you?

You can pay the £ amount into our UK HSBC Account.

Thats the way we do it for ALL our UK campers & caravan storers that book here at Camping De La Touche.

Not only does it save money - but we don't pay TAX twice.

I hope we can be of some help.

La Touche, appreciate you are trying to help and at the same time run a business, but not being funny, what you are suggesting here is tantamount to money laundering.

 I wouldnt be happy sending money to an unknown bank account (albeit HSBC or Baarings) & to be honest the tax element is irrelevant on a two week joliday,

Bcam, if you have issues, call the campsite as Dave suggests.

Cheers for the advice chris, but i think maybe a wee bit dramatic!! Stu is just being damn helpful and i'll probably be taking him up on his extremely kind offer!

Bryan

See, i'm not looking at it like that!! Just for a minute imagine that Stu is my mate and lives in France................i contact him and explain to him my plight.................. he pays my deposit................ i repay him the money by paying into his account! where's the problem in that? or infact when our boy (21) runs out of money and is away from home............... we pay money into his account................ he pays us back later............. same thing!! or am i totally not getting the point???

Bryan

Been thinking about what you have written!! what about travel agents? they are not banks, and you pay them monies to pass to a third party!!  infact there are loads of people you pay, to pay a third party who are not banks......................BUT before anyone starts, these are just some thoughts ok! not posting to be put down or to be to be ridiculed or asked to carry bags through customs!!!!!!!  

Bryan

All Stuart's doing is offering to pay for something on behalf of someone else in a currency we both deal in from day to day, and you guys don't. I can't see the harm in that. It is indeed a kind gesture, that's all.

At the end of the day....it gets dark.

Thanks Floyd, glad to see i'm not alone in my thinking, i think its an absolutely magic gesture and one that wont be forgotten!!

Bryan