Talk:France/@comment-82.170.181.183-20100806232728/@comment-193.253.141.80-20100823000731

Well, topping up credit certainly does not require a credit card of any kind. Just walk into nearly and Tabac store or supermarket and you can buy Mobicarte credit over the counter using cash. The same goes for buying a Mobicarte SIM. You DO NOT require a French bank account as you are buying a PREPAID card. You can simply pay for it in cash. You will probably need to show your ID though, but that's all. They also might want a French address, but your hotel's address will do just fine. If they want a bank account than apparently you are either ordering the wrong thing (not a prepaid Mobicarte SIM but some monthly plan), or the people in the shop are clueless and/or you are having a communication problem.