Bandit 1250 GT

But you can't do that in Froggieland. Astounded me, did that.

 

Never tried, but I can't say it surprises me. Trying to think of the
largest single transaction I've made here (in France), probably not
more than three or four thousand euros, but it's deemed perfectly
normal to pay with a standard bank card.

In fact, the frogs were somewhat ahead of the game when it came to
adopting cards as a normal method of payment, so have been used to it
for perhaps a decade longer than the brits.

Other payments, like when I need to buy fulk oil, which can be several
thousand Eus (~6000 litre tank) are just billed, and can be payed by
cheque just as in the UK. In CH they don;t have chequebooks at all -
instead the payee sends a paying in slip, or just their bank details,
to the payer, who just pays it at a bank or Post Office. Simple
enough, but can take quite a bit of getting used to.

 

I bought two Mitsubishi Evo Vs one day for a total of £12,000 with
cash. once upon a time my eldest sister walked into her building
society and deposited 55 grand in 20 quid notes into her mortgage
account to clear it. She'd only withdrawn it 2 minutes earlier from the
bank no more than 50 yards away.

 

There's some restriction on buying vehicles with cash in France.
Effectively, it means you can't do it. Can't remember the details.

<Googles>

Nope, no joy. Where are the genuine froggies when you need 'em?

Sod it: x-posted.

Oh! Les mecs! Est-ce que c'est vrai: qu'on ne peut pas acheter une moto
en france et payer en éspèces? Ou est-ce qu'il y a une limite: 500
euros, ou quelque chose comme ça?

 

Seriously restricted in the UK, as is getting wonga out of your bank. At
Park Lane BMW in the 80's there was a foad safe as Arabs would buy M6's for
cash every week. Couple of years ago I offered my local dealer cash folding
for a new 911, just to see. They went all whispery and white and eventually
admitted they couldn't do it. All large transactions have to be auditable
and traceable by Customs and Revenue. Welcome to the new century.

 

Ou même une voiture...

 

Le Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:59:16 +0100, The Older Gentleman a écrit :

Un particulier peut payer en espèce un montant maximum de 3000€, un
commerçant 1100€.
L'amende encourue peut atteindre 15000€.

 

****. Me.

So if you give someone cash of over 3000 euros for a vehicle, you're
subject to a fine of five times that sum?

Whatever happened to liberté, égalité, fraternité???

 

The EU happened and the state will provide you with everything you need....

 

Le 10-08-2009, The Older Gentleman nous racontait :

Only if someone complain. I have never heard about such a case.

It's a long story...

 

The Older Gentleman a écrit :

you can buy the seat for some euros, a glass, a light and an engine

 

took a blunt brush and painted...

Wouldn't it be cheaper to simply kill the seller and steal the vehicle?

 

Le Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:32:07 +0000, Guénol a écrit :

.... that can be summed up quite simply: we're fucked.

 

Seems to me that this rule is only valid between French, if one foreigner is
involved in the transaction there should be no cash limit...

 

Money ? Liberty ?
It's rather slavery !

 

Three grand, iirc.

 

In fct there's no set limit, AIUI, but there's a duty on the banks to
track all possibly 'suspicious' transactions, without specifying
exactly what is meant by that. Some banks take it much further than
others - for example, a colleague of mine was asked to prove his id,
with passport, utility bills, et al, just to set up a new account at
his own branch of NatWest. My UK bank, RBS, have set up new accounts
for me ovr the phone as recently as last year, only asking for a
signature, and even that only retrospectively.

Or maybe he's just a dodgy geezer.

 

IF did that to me. I had an account with them with a large balance, so I
wanted to convert it to joint names, just in case. Wouldn't let me do
that, so had to open a new joint account. I had to prove who I was with
bills, etc. They didn't ask for any id from the wife.

 

I've recently had to do the same with Abbey. It's almost like they don't
want your money.

 

Le Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:36:58 +0000 (UTC), Francis Chartier

Ca c'est pour les français de france , pour les particuliers
étrangers il n'y a pas de plafond.

Article L112-8 du code monétaire et financier sur Légifrance.

"Toutefois, les particuliers non commerçants n'ayant pas leur domicile
fiscal en France peuvent continuer d'effectuer le règlement de tout
bien ou service d'un montant supérieur à 3 000 euros en chèque de
voyage ou en espèces, après relevé, par le vendeur du bien ou le
prestataire de services, de leurs identité et domicile justifiés."