alan Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Afternoon All Ye Motorhome Travellers in France Please can you tell me what is the latest manned diesel pump prices at supermarkets? Don't like using my cards in unmanned pumps as they sometimes take a shadow payment :-S Trying to formulate my budget for this Spring. Thanks a lot folks. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laimeduck Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 This French Government site will give you the current prices anywhere in France http://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 laimeduck - 2014-01-13 4:21 PM This French Government site will give you the current prices anywhere in France http://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/ Brilliant, Jeremy - just what I wanted. I had this site a few months ago and lost it, been trying to trace it since! Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Agree, very handy. We have always found Super U to be the cheapest. Usualy fill up at the one at Carentoir (56) brittany as close to our friends house. Super markets cheapest mostly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshortcircuit Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 alan - 2014-01-13 4:17 PM Afternoon All Ye Motorhome Travellers in France Please can you tell me what is the latest manned diesel pump prices at supermarkets? Don't like using my cards in unmanned pumps as they sometimes take a shadow payment :-S Trying to formulate my budget for this Spring. Thanks a lot folks. Alan What's a shadow payment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Always use the Auto pumps being doing it for the last few years never had a problem. Saves having to negotiate some of those stupid exits past the cash desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vindiboy Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 sshortcircuit - 2014-01-13 5:07 PMalan - 2014-01-13 4:17 PMAfternoon All Ye Motorhome Travellers in FrancePlease can you tell me what is the latest manned diesel pump prices at supermarkets? Don't like using my cards in unmanned pumps as they sometimes take a shadow payment :-S Trying to formulate my budget for this Spring. Thanks a lot folks.AlanWhat's a shadow payment? sometimes in England when you use an automated fuel pump a shadow payment is taken, it works like this, when the pump says checking your card it is actually doing a minimal payment to ensure your card is good, this will rarely show on your statements as they are usually voided after you complete your buy and you are never charged for the shadow, I have used automated pumps all over Europe for fuel and have never had a problem anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshortcircuit Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Thanks Vindi. Like yourself I have used my credit card in France and Spain and have never had any difficulty, in fact have had excellent exchange rates as compared to converting cash to Euros. All I need to worry about now is if I may get gassed :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Hi All Re shadow payment - we use a Caxton pre-paid card to get better exchange rates (very successful as well). Occasionally, unmanned pumps will take a shadow payment which is a payment they take in additon to the normal payment out of your account and which is returned within 16 days; however, sometimes we get it back quicker. On a normal account credit/debit card account, it wouldn't matter, but I don't like leaving spare euros on my Caxton card so on a shorter holiday (only 4 weeks) I avoid using unmanned pumps. Hope this explains all. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanS Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 We have been touring France for yeas and always pay with a credit card and more often than not use the unmanned pump as access out of the service station is so much easier. Sometimes we have had to reverse in so that the filler point on our Fiat is adjacent to pump dispenser, so the unmanned one works well. We have never had any problems with our credit cards - is this unique to these pre-paid cards ? On the point of filling up, we saw a guy (Brit) in France whose filler point was on the wrong side of his motorhome actually take the diesel hose through the cab, via the passenger seat and then fill up. Hope it didn't drip or have a 'premature evacuation' of fuel. Alan . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zydeco Joe Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Just got back from France ,yesterday I paid 130.3 per Lt yesterday at a normal petrol station not a supermarket in Montreuil sur Mer not far from the nice flat free aire right in this pleasant town. B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George.. Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hi, Sorry about change of tack, where is this air ? As we are going down next month and normally overnight at the campsite there. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread24800 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 George.. - 2014-01-15 12:45 PMHi,Sorry about change of tack, where is this air ? As we are going down next month and normally overnight at the campsite there. George Have a look here http://www.campingcar-infos.com/Francais/ccib.php?numero=18222 Oh and expect to pay between 1.30 and 1.32€ for Gasoil in the Supermarchée Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zydeco Joe Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 George.. - 2014-01-15 11:45 AM Hi, Sorry about change of tack, where is this air ? As we are going down next month and normally overnight at the campsite there. George [/quote The Aire is near the town centre ( the market place) only about 150 yards in fact down the road out of town towards the petrol station. It has a modern small toilet but it was not open on Sunday night Monday morning but was open in early December. Great walled town that has a nice walk along the tops of the walls with good views. Same guy working the till at the petrol station in both December & January very pleasant man. At the car sales a MH was up for sale. Used the campsite at Montreuil but would now only go on the aire, much better value LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starvin marvin Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Zydeco Joe - 2014-01-15 4:57 PM George.. - 2014-01-15 11:45 AM Hi, Sorry about change of tack, where is this air ? As we are going down next month and normally overnight at the campsite there. George [/quote The Aire is near the town centre ( the market place) only about 150 yards in fact down the road out of town towards the petrol station. It has a modern small toilet but it was not open on Sunday night Monday morning but was open in early December. Great walled town that has a nice walk along the tops of the walls with good views. Same guy working the till at the petrol station in both December & January very pleasant man. At the car sales a MH was up for sale. Used the campsite at Montreuil but would now only go on the aire, much better value LOL The site costs are for 2 persons, 1dog, with leccy 19.50E/night which is not good value for a site with a posh name and nothing much else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 AlanS - 2014-01-13 6:29 PM We have been touring France for yeas and always pay with a credit card and more often than not use the unmanned pump as access out of the service station is so much easier. Sometimes we have had to reverse in so that the filler point on our Fiat is adjacent to pump dispenser, so the unmanned one works well. We have never had any problems with our credit cards - is this unique to these pre-paid cards ? . It happens with credit cards but you never see it. Except. If you were say £50 pound under credit limit and wanted £30 of fuel your card would be refused as they would try and take around £120 out because it would take you over your credit limit. With prepayment cards the excess money deducted from the card is returned within 2 days. We use Caxton Card and had very few problems with it. I put the wrong pin number in 3 times once. It then started not asking for a pin number in shops which was a little worrying. It went back to normal the next time I used an ATM with the correct number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjmike Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Just returned from France and at the last fill up (Auchan Bolougne) 1.30 Euro a ltr. Its flipping colder here than eastern France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 The 'shadow payment' procedure is explained in Section 4 on this webpage http://www.voyagercards.com/traveltips.asp?dist=CAXTGENL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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