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lizex

27/2/2006 at 7:00pm
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I managed to use my Abbey debit card on the motorways and in supermarketslast year. As we went "early" (May) there was a bit of a prob in that they didn't expect us to be able to PIN. But we usually could if they let us. You'd have thought the British banks would have advertised a bit in tourist areas, wouldn't you!

When I got married in 1984 a French friend came over and was astounded we didn't have chip & pin. That's how long they've had it over there, so no wonder they need to update it! I went to live in Belgium in 1988 and they had it too by then (and cable tv, but that's beside the point). It's been **amazingly** slow getting this technology over this side of the channel.

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28/2/2006 at 10:54pm
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I've just driven through France on the way to, and back from a skiing holiday in Austria, and used my debit card in the toll booths on the motorways. No problems anywhere.

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debcon

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lizex can you use all the toll roads in france with the electronic payment device or just a few, cos i looked at the website you gave and it only shows a few places where i can hire the gizmo for the car

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lizex

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thanks conrad,
I checked it out. You can get the gizmo from any of the motorway owners (there are 6 or 7) and they all do a variety of deals. This year we're only going to France the once an not all that far on the motorway, so we're going to give it a miss this time. Once you've paid the subscription it's dearer than paying with money, and we're on holiday and not in a hurry. The queues aren't too bad in the CB (bank card)lanes anyway.

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debcon

03/3/2006 at 8:54am
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we are going down to spain via the millou bridge so i think we will try to get one when we get to france , wonder if it can be used in spain ?

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Quote: Originally posted by debcon on 03/3/2006

we are going down to spain via the millou bridge so i think we will try to get one when we get to france , wonder if it can be used in spain ?
conrad

Surely it is not worth getting Telepeage for one single trip to France a year, especially if you are using the A75, as it means for about a third of your journey you will be using a free motorway with one single toll at Millau?

On the subject of Chip and Pin, I have not come across a single toll Booth where it has been necessary to sign or enter a pin, and the only place I have not been able to use a UK Credit Card is on unmanned petrol pumps.

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Card fraud dropped by 80% in France after the introduction of chip and pin that was about 14 years ago I believe ...........so how much have our banks lost while we waited to catch up ? .......billions ?

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re using for one trip the info in this forum says you can hire it per mth at a costs of 2 euos plus tolls, 2 years ago we went down on the 1/8 and if anyone had said to me i will get you to the front of this queue for 10 euros i would have snapped their hand off

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