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Hi Chris and Rita

thanks for info I'll make sure my other half reads it before we depart. only 4 days to go!

Quote: Originally posted by chris and rita on 07/8/2006

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To use these pumps outside normal working hours you'll need to have a French bank account, and a French debit card (Carte Bleue).

Thanks for that Stu.   Do you mean by this that a normal Visa Delta or MasterCard Maestro card ought to work in normal working hours... ?   My own view is that the pumps probably won't work at all for any UK-issued card that carries a 'Chip', since the chip format in France is different from that used in the UK.  However a Magstripe-only card should work because the track data is the same .. .. ?

Kind Regards

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Hi Chris & Rita,

I believe that NO UK issue cards work with these type of pumps. I may be wrong but I believe it's the chip not the magstripe that's the problem.

I think it's because it's purely a French thing that we'll be changing our cards here to fall in line with the new EC directives on chip n pins.

It's a shame really as the French have been far in advance with chip n pin technology for many years now.

C'est la vie!