paris_yank:go:nice:eat:manage_your_cash
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| paris_yank:go:nice:eat:manage_your_cash [2025/08/24 06:51] – [Contactless Payments] parisyank | paris_yank:go:nice:eat:manage_your_cash [2025/08/24 06:53] (current) – [Euro Checkbook] parisyank | ||
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| ====Contactless Payments==== | ====Contactless Payments==== | ||
| Widely accepted in France, especially for small purchases (with a limit €50 per transaction). | Widely accepted in France, especially for small purchases (with a limit €50 per transaction). | ||
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| ===== 7. Do you Really need a Checkbook? ===== | ===== 7. Do you Really need a Checkbook? ===== | ||
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| ====Euro Checkbook==== | ====Euro Checkbook==== | ||
| - | Checks in France are still being used. | + | Checks in France are still being used. But less and less frequent. A visitor will never need a euro checkbook. |
| * ** Medical Providers** such as Doctors and Dentists sometimes require either a check or cash for co-payments. | * ** Medical Providers** such as Doctors and Dentists sometimes require either a check or cash for co-payments. | ||
| * ** Deposit ** as a check is sometimes requested but it is rare. | * ** Deposit ** as a check is sometimes requested but it is rare. | ||
| If someone asks for a check, I always complain and ask why they make it difficult. The answer varies such as card payments are expensive, etc. If I must, I give cash and dramatically lay out each bill and double count as a childish way to demonstrate that checks and cash are obsolete. | If someone asks for a check, I always complain and ask why they make it difficult. The answer varies such as card payments are expensive, etc. If I must, I give cash and dramatically lay out each bill and double count as a childish way to demonstrate that checks and cash are obsolete. | ||
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