Report on using Orange Mobicarte in France

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Originally Posted by inquisitor

You can purchase recharge vouchers from eBay.fr.

Take care when purchasing from Ebay. A good many of the recharge vouchers for sale are collectors items where the credit has already been used. If you don't read French, look for the usual "Item specifics" where it will tell you either "Neuf: Objet neuf et intact, n'ayant jamais servi..." (new, has never been used) or "Objet ayant été utilisé" (has already been used).

There is no way to enter a recharge code on the Orange Portail. You must do it through the phone menu. The Portail will allow recharging via credit card, but only if it's a French card. I believe that even the credit cards of neighbouring countries will not work.