On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:19:41 GMT, Mike Lane wrote:
>On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 02:12:33 +0100, poldy wrote
>(in article ):
>
>> In article <0001HW.C41C414C001B3CA3B01AD9AF@news.cable.ntlworld.com>,
>> Mike Lane wrote:
>>
>>>> There wasn't a machine that accepted anything 10 years ago. Even when
>>>> there
>>>> are
>>>> they are some times out of order, even in the Netherlands. :o)
>>>
>>> It happened to me more recently than that. 2 years ago in a small town in
>>> France we were stuck overnight having got too low on petrol. We had cash
>>> and
>>> several credit and debit cards from different banks. None of our cards
>>> worked
>>> in any of the automatic pumps in the town. It was after 5.00 pm and none of
>>> the pumps were manned, so we couldn't use cash either.
>>
>> I thought that was an issue more for Americans, because our credit cards
>> don't have the chips in them.
>>
>
>There still seem to be issues with compatibility between systems in different
>countries. I've never had any problems with ATMs in any country, but chip and
>PIN devices particularly in smaller places give endless problems. I have
>never managed to get an automatic petrol pump in France to work with any
>card. These days, as I've said, I don't even try.
Most visitors to France have problems with debit/credit cards, when they don't
have problems elsewhere. At least they don't skim your card. :o)
--
Martin
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