tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973565365969366405.post4370364075474521324..comments2023-09-19T00:57:08.930-07:00Comments on Network Musings: Getting a Velib Annual Membership. Part 2Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127609476881611549noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973565365969366405.post-36259352282629156312011-02-08T04:34:01.410-08:002011-02-08T04:34:01.410-08:00US issued American Express Blue cards with a smart...US issued American Express Blue cards with a smart chip in them work in the Velib kiosks and can purchase 1 day or 1 week passes. Note that you must request that AMEX issue you a card with a chip in it, otherwise they will send you one with only a mag stripe and it won't work.Roy Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388781908140388210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973565365969366405.post-87619035483401093432011-02-08T02:51:02.363-08:002011-02-08T02:51:02.363-08:00Thanks for posting this!
I just arrived in Paris ...Thanks for posting this!<br /><br />I just arrived in Paris a few weeks back for 6 month work gig and found this post after having my own issues with Velib. Where you able to get 1-day or 1-week pass with a US credit card and just needed the French account for the full-year access? I tried the former at a Velib station and that was also denied.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17576047940827073256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973565365969366405.post-64979156297611296992011-01-28T02:49:40.819-08:002011-01-28T02:49:40.819-08:00Tip - I went through this some years back. Whatev...Tip - I went through this some years back. Whatever you do DO NOT lose the letter that tells you your account number, and DO NOT forget your PIN code because without them you will go through much of the same pain next year when (if) you want to renew.<br /><br />Don't make the same mistake I did in thinking I could just phone them to get this information....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616372428655046392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973565365969366405.post-6638510031988371202011-01-25T00:21:20.425-08:002011-01-25T00:21:20.425-08:00Thanks Roy I owe you a beer!! For sure! Just to ce...Thanks Roy I owe you a beer!! For sure! Just to celebrate our win on stupidity, do u want to talk about the check of 29 euro or the permission to charge the bank account? instead of simply "swipe" our credit card giving them the 29 euro on line and the autorisation for the charging the credit card ? and then.. why a french back account ? why for god sake in the united europe with the free market ? with the euro ? do we still have a french back account ?<br /><br />I'm really astonished.. and I don't even want to talk about the mobile phone company.. the activation by a null check and only if you have a french account!! instead of SWIPE A CREDIT CARD!!!<br /><br />Sorry, Roy. I didn't mean to spam your blog. It was just to put out the frustration of weeks..<br /><br />Merci. Au revoirUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699850032560758137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973565365969366405.post-44219484633732491452011-01-24T03:52:19.462-08:002011-01-24T03:52:19.462-08:00If you have online access to your French bank acco...If you have online access to your French bank account then you can print it from there. When you open your account they also give you a copy of this piece of paper.Roy Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388781908140388210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973565365969366405.post-3352871484209612842011-01-24T03:24:43.465-08:002011-01-24T03:24:43.465-08:00Have you ever seen the twelve labors of Asterix ?
...Have you ever seen the twelve labors of Asterix ?<br />There it's seen the romanian bureaucracy, but it's not true, nothing like having a bank account and a VELIB one in france.<br /><br />I'm an italian guy and just to have a VELIB account, I'm hardly trying to do everything alright. Looking for RIB and VELIB I found your post that's saving me from a denied letter.<br /><br />So it's just the same information of the RIB I write in the on line form, but with print from the banque site ? o do I have to ask in the bank for it ?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699850032560758137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973565365969366405.post-47339469432609330632011-01-09T09:47:10.758-08:002011-01-09T09:47:10.758-08:00Seems like it might be easier / cheaper to buy you...Seems like it might be easier / cheaper to buy your own bike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973565365969366405.post-45622806140659960592011-01-09T05:05:37.187-08:002011-01-09T05:05:37.187-08:00which explains why the word "bureaucracy"...which explains why the word "bureaucracy" came from France.benjiedlphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291964784525542318noreply@blogger.com