don cook1 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 'Buy It Now' on ebayhttp://shop.ebay.co.uk/sis.html?_kw=Swiss+Motorway+Pass+Vignette&_id=260467304047 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Be careful with these ads - the claimed cost at the border is wrong.A Swiss motorway vignette costs CHF 40 at the border, which at the current exchange rate is £23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Good call Don, I'd never have thought to get one off eBay :) They are £27 on-line from http://www.travel-swiss.co.uk/ but I seem to recall paying more the last time, at the border - perhaps the exchange rate was different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Quite right, 40CHF + £23. And when I return it goes straight back on ebay! Don't peel the sticker as its almost impossible to get it off without destroying it. Stick it on your windscreen with tape. At the border the guards will want to stick it on and they'll peel itm so resist that if you can.EDIT. On the other hand...just been reading about these vignettes and it may be an offence if they are not displayed correctly. The bit that should be visible has the year "09" as yellow whereas the non sticky side is white. HHhmmmmmm?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Stick onto some clear film? Think cling film or an old overhead projector slide "acetate" perhaps or maybe just don't push your luck, whack it on and enjoy your bargain :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Barton Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I hadn't thought of buying this off eBay either - thanks! Got a bid in now ..... and if we don't have to peel it off at the border, then I can flog it again when we come back and aim to almost remove this expense! Even if we do stick it in, I'd rather pay £14 than £23!Thanks Don! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 I saw this suggestion on another thread, so thanks to whomever that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Barton Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Right - good result and many thanks. My £13.50 (plus a quid for postage) Vignette is now on its way to me - courtesy of eBay. I know it's only saved me £8 or £9, but every little helps...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumphstuff Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 What border guards... they dont have them any more.. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Oh yes they do....... (at the crossing we used anyway) and yes, they like to help you fit your vignette! You are not allowed to tape them on (for fairly obvious reasons) so as usual the only real crime is getting caught - some subtlety required! If they weren't so blatant about ripping you off I'd have more sympathy for them.......Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Quote:I saw this suggestion on another thread, so thanks to whomever that was.You're very welcome Mr Cook! :)You have to watch the bawbees!Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Trust a Scotch bloke to find a way of saving pennies...I'm reminded of Paul Derbyshire's joke about who invented copper wire...two Scots fighting over a penny! As for border guards...I think I've already reported this but we had one that looked and dressed like Lara Croft (tight T shirt with a holster and a gun)...we'd pay her any price for a vignette!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedmonkey Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 In 03 I bought one in advance and left it at home! doh! drove through the border tucked up close to the white the tornado with homer dribbling out of my passenger window they sort of tried to stop us took one look at the state of us and gave up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Triumphstuff wrote:What border guards... they dont have them any more.. JThey do at Switzerland(not EU!)............to stop all the money from getting out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 We no worry as you know us. A Nice .50cal fullyauto mounted on roof of car. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Got mine.Now to be careful with it...:-)Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I can guarantee that we had the cheapest Swiss vignette - we didn't buy one. Luckily, Le Fuzz were either tucked up in bed or couldn't be bothered at either border to get out of their cosy little booths and check as we went through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 We attempted to buy one, but were so late that we could not find anywhere to get the thing. Therefore we just drove through and lady luck shone!The Swiss and the French don't half scam people who use their roads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 We pulled up next Tim Hunt, Andy Peace and the Dolomite (sorry, can't remember your name) at the boarder and asked if all was ok. Andy said the Dolomite was fixing its headlights so I said we'd join the back of the queue. The boarder guards waved them all through and as they watched the the 2000 go past I looked straight ahead and put my foot down. :) Well, I think that was the Swiss boarder. Things are a bit of a blur when I think back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 It'll be interesting to see what comes of this as we have many variations - some cars had none, some had them but didn't stick them in (they are a different colour when stuck in) and some cars played completely by the book.In theory you can be fined 100 Swiss Francs and forced to pay the cost of the Vignette however, they must have to stop you as the tag isn't "smart" or capable of being read by a camera - so in my mind, if you've not been nicked in Switzerland, you've got away with it!Next time it may be a case of buy one and colour photo copy it :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Well I want full value from mine so I might go back and drive around for a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 GT6_Don wrote:Well I want full value from mine so I might go back and drive around for a bit!Good plan. And then flog it on eBay. If you get more than what you paid for it (I assume you bought it on eBay?) then you can claim that yours was even cheaper than mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sorbington Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Jason wrote:It'll be interesting to see what comes of this as we have many variations - some cars had none, some had them but didn't stick them in (they are a different colour when stuck in) and some cars played completely by the book.In theory you can be fined 100 Swiss Francs and forced to pay the cost of the Vignette however, they must have to stop you as the tag isn't "smart" or capable of being read by a camera - so in my mind, if you've not been nicked in Switzerland, you've got away with it!Next time it may be a case of buy one and colour photo copy it :-)I don't think they're valid unless displayed properly on the car.I've heard that there are cameras capable of detecting them but as with other minor offences one may commit on foreign roads ie. speeding past French speed cameras, I very much doubt that the authorities could be arsed with the hassle of a prosecution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 sorbs wrote: ie. speeding past French speed cameras, I very much doubt that the authorities could be arsed with the hassle of a prosecution.They will most definately chase you down, very easily as the government will give them your details without asking any questions.Of course the French Govermant won't give us teh details of their citizens when they speed over here. Might infringe their human rights no doubt.All this said having been flashed on a French road 3 days ago at 78kph in a 120kph limit and wondering what will come through teh door.To make it worse we smiled and waved at the camera... :-)Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Strangely enough at the same time at the same camera (just in front of you!) we were waving at the time of the flash too - gonna make an interesting pic to add to the album :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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