Supermarket fuel in France, Card Only! (1 Viewer)

[Reallyretired]

Paid 1.11 euro in Luxembourg last week.
I never buy fuel with cash. Just use cash for small amounts like a cup of coffee.

 

[Larby]

Its not only about the ease of paying with a credit card in French supermarket fuel stations but if you pay at the booth you then have to negotiate the daft chicanes they put in.
Threading a 25ft A class round some of them is often a little tight to say the least.
Pay by card and drive straight out.

Richard.

I've seen a MH at the pumps and there was no way he would take the curve and pass through a narrow track to the booth. He surely would have had to reverse. I often question the French obsession with kerb stones and narrow drives.
I usually wait until lunchtime when everywhere is shut, drive in, fuel on card , reverse out

 

[Clarky]

I often question the French obsession with kerb stones and narrow drives.

Like you, I have had to reverse out a few times.
I assume the narrow exits and high kerbs are to stop trucks/commercial vehicles filling up. Being a supermarket they would want their customers to shop in store rather than just fill with cheap fuel. They only want cars whose drivers will fill and shop at the same time.

Richard.

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[rod_vw]

It still surprises me that in the UK there are few to non Automat card payment tills at a gas station and when the clock strikes 11 or 12 they just close up leaving only an odd one open per area (usually the 24hrs Tesco or the like). I several European countries they even use chip based payment schemes with the chip inside the car and no need to pay at the point of purchase at all, it's just charged to an account automatically. The UK may catch up one day

I asked at my local Morrisons why they don't have their card pumps open at night and was told by the supervisor that they can't have the pumps operating without a 'petroleum trained' operative on site, council regulations. The store is closed during the night.

I bet they (the council) blame European regulations but in Europe they don't seem to bother about such trivia.

 

[rod_vw]

German pumps in the south west are charging prices down to €1.23 for diesel at present (29/06/18) it seems to vary up to around €1.45 in some places further north. A couple of fillings recently in Germany have come out at £1.10 and £1.15 after charges etc. from the bank account but they were at a price higher than €1.23.

Must remember to fill up before crossing into France!

 

[gus-lopez]

Many Asda petrol stations in the UK are card only with no staff.

But they don't debit 120e first before also taking the actual amount

I asked at my local Morrisons why they don't have their card pumps open at night and was told by the supervisor that they can't have the pumps operating without a 'petroleum trained' operative on site, council regulations. The store is closed during the night.

I bet they (the council) blame European regulations but in Europe they don't seem to bother about such trivia.

Asda ones are open 24/7/365.

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[TerryL]

On our recent trip to Italy we were surprised (and nearly caught out) to see many fuel stations had a two-tier system. If you filled it yourself it was around 15c cheaper than getting an attendant to do it. It didn't seem to matter, however, if you paid cash or card. The "cashier" wandered around the forecourt with his money bag and mobile card machine. Cheaper of course is a relative term - we found fuel in Italy very expensive.

 

[RandallC]

This thread is too serreal for me to even bother to formulate a coherent comment.

Having spent 7 weeks in France recently

 

[Lenny HB]

Revolut.

No charges.


JJ

Revolut don't work in French fuel stations.

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[Lenny HB]

What's new about no cash desks at French supermarket filling stations it's been like that for 3 or 4 years.

If they have got a Cassi I avoid it like the plauge, to easy to get stuck getting out unless you have a very small van.

 

[Speve]

Always use our Post Office MasterCard as they always give a good exchange rate and no charges.