Following oski's crash at New Year - http://youtube.com/v/rUFurt86BQ0 - we eventually got a bill for the subsequent evacuation to Chamonix hospital, which we forewarded to the insurance company.
I thought the insurance company would pay this directly, but no, they've sent us a cheque for the amount of the claim (less excess) so it now looks like I'll have to pay the bill directly.
The bill seems to say it can be paid at the Marie Chamonix, or by cheque. But we're now back in the UK and I can't write a Euro cheque.
Anyone else had this problem? How did you pay it?
(He's okay by the way - racing again next week.)
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
RobW, nice tumble.
Ask the Mairie to send you a copy of their RIB (releve d'identite bancaire) which will have their IBAN and SWIFT codes on it and just get your bank (you can probably do it online) to send a SEPA transfer for the amount. The original bill probably has the details on it (I'm pretty sure any bill we get from them does). Ensure you identify your transfer pretty clearly so that they know who it's from and what it's for.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
hobbiteater, Bode Swiller, if it's a SEPA payment, it will be pretty cheap (near free?). Alternatively, try www.transferwise.com which we are finding rather good.
If the bill quoted the BIC/IBAN then yes it would be easy. But whilst there is space on the bill for them they haven't been supplied! I'll get back to them and see if they can supply the details.
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Now why didn't then just put that on the bottom of the bill????
After all it is free
After all it is free
Well it was a good idea. But their online payment thingy just complains that the amount I put in doesn't correspond to that bill number. ..
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RobW, I suppose it's vaguely possible that this process generates you a reference that will identify your payment to them - i.e. the domestic Swiss banking system has unique reference numbers for each individual payment that you make, so they organisations can track payments more easily. You need to input these qhen paying on line for example.
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RobW, are you usign a "," between the euros and cents or a "."? e.g. 100 euros and 20 cents should be 100,20 not 100.20 as we might put it in the UK
The first online payment I made bounced because I didn't realise..then I put the comma in the wrong place and tried to pay someone 9000 euros instead on 900! Luckily the bank manager noticed and canceleld the payment!
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holidayloverxx, There are separate boxes for the € and cents, so no . or , needed. Tried leaving the cents blank (it's zero) and it objected too.
I'll have to get in touch with them I suppose. Can anyone see a likely email address on the chamonix.fr website? My french isn't up to finding one...
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RobW, just phone the Mairie. They'll find someone who speaks English if the person who picks up doesn't.
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
RobW, if you get really stuck pm me and we'll work something out!
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