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Carrefour in Cole Bay #80030 12/31/2015 08:36 AM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 245 Ontario, Canada C CanadianCutie OP Traveler OP CanadianCutie Traveler C Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 245 Ontario, Canada What does everyone think of the change to Carrefor from Grande Marche? Any real changes or pretty much the same store. Also, does anyone know if they take Euros and at about what rate?

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay CanadianCutie #80031 12/31/2015 09:44 AM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts boucharda Traveler boucharda Traveler Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts I be able to tell you in a little over a week <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" /> ...but I would never think of using Euro on the Dutch side.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay boucharda #80032 12/31/2015 09:50 AM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,553 Manhattan W weeks5051 Traveler weeks5051 Traveler W Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,553 Manhattan I think it's an improvement. The prices on many items are actually cheaper than back home in NYC especially if you buy the store brand. Nice selection as well.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay CanadianCutie #80033 12/31/2015 09:58 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 870 Boston, MA iscrogr Traveler iscrogr Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 870 Boston, MA One caution: If you buy a case of water, they charge you for the bottle (@ 24) Expensive way to buy water@

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay iscrogr #80034 12/31/2015 10:16 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,076 Likes: 17 Ohio ruralcarrier Traveler ruralcarrier Traveler Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,076 Likes: 17 Ohio I have run into that at other places also when buying pop and beer. J.D.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay iscrogr #80035 12/31/2015 03:40 PM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts boucharda Traveler boucharda Traveler Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts Is the the "charge for the bottle" a returnable deposit? I never noticed a deposit on other drinks.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay boucharda #80036 12/31/2015 04:49 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 255 SE Mass. & SXM Ron_Hill Traveler Ron_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 255 SE Mass. & SXM They do accept Guilders,Dollars and Euros. We have seen all of them accepted.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay boucharda #80037 12/31/2015 04:54 PM Joined: May 2011 Posts: 43 Denver,colo f250mike Traveler f250mike Traveler Joined: May 2011 Posts: 43 Denver,colo I am on the Island now and have shopped there several times over the last month. Have found the prices to be better then before and the quality much better very happy with them.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay boucharda #80038 12/31/2015 05:04 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,076 Likes: 17 Ohio ruralcarrier Traveler ruralcarrier Traveler Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,076 Likes: 17 Ohio Quote boucharda said: Is the the "charge for the bottle" a returnable deposit? I never noticed a deposit on other drinks. I personally doubt it as some places do (or try to) charge for individual bottles/cans even when purchasing a case lot. J.D.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay ruralcarrier #80039 12/31/2015 05:16 PM Joined: May 2011 Posts: 43 Denver,colo f250mike Traveler f250mike Traveler Joined: May 2011 Posts: 43 Denver,colo Yesterday we bought a case of beer and a case of diet coke and were charged the case price

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay f250mike #80040 12/31/2015 05:21 PM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts boucharda Traveler boucharda Traveler Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts If it it priced by the case (beer) then that is that. If it (water) says 1.25 a bottle and you buy a case then all bets are off... Glad it's a item pricing thing and not a deposit

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay boucharda #80041 12/31/2015 05:23 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,076 Likes: 17 Ohio ruralcarrier Traveler ruralcarrier Traveler Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,076 Likes: 17 Ohio That is my interpretation but it is something to watch at all stores. J.D.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay boucharda #80042 12/31/2015 05:54 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 870 Boston, MA iscrogr Traveler iscrogr Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 870 Boston, MA NO. It was 1.28 per bottle, times 24. She scanned the individual bottle.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay iscrogr #80043 12/31/2015 07:17 PM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,049 falmouth,MA wendyk Traveler wendyk Traveler Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,049 falmouth,MA I have found that the small Chinese markets have very good prices on bottled water.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay wendyk #80044 12/31/2015 07:46 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,076 Likes: 17 Ohio ruralcarrier Traveler ruralcarrier Traveler Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,076 Likes: 17 Ohio Cases of beer is sometimes substantially less at the smaller markets. J.D.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay iscrogr #80045 01/01/2016 09:06 AM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts boucharda Traveler boucharda Traveler Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts Quote iscrogr said: NO. It was 1.28 per bottle, times 24. She scanned the individual bottle. Agreed.. and that is what I said (and pretty close with that $1.25 guess I will say). If it says $1.28 PER BOTTLE then, well, it is $1.28 per bottle. If it says $18 per case then that is the price for the case. I may be in the minority here but it kinda makes sense.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay ruralcarrier #80046 01/01/2016 09:08 AM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts boucharda Traveler boucharda Traveler Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts Quote ruralcarrier said: Cases of beer is sometimes substantially less at the smaller markets. There is one right across from the Atrium that used to have decent case beer prices.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay boucharda #80047 01/01/2016 09:30 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 870 Boston, MA iscrogr Traveler iscrogr Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 870 Boston, MA I agree, they can sell however they want, and I probably was in too much of a hurry to read the signs well. Just wanted to alert others so they would not make the same mistake. I also found the small supermarkets to have water and beer at reasonable case prices.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay iscrogr #80048 01/01/2016 09:46 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! By the way, on SXM, we always buy six of the large bottles, and a couple smaller bottles and refill them. It's a lot cheaper that way. Carol Hill

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay Carol_Hill #80049 01/01/2016 09:56 AM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts boucharda Traveler boucharda Traveler Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 Massachusetts Yup, same here. My better half gets those huge bottles..maybe 2 1/2 gallon jobs and does the refill thing

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay boucharda #80050 01/01/2016 10:29 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! Here at home, we have a water cooler deal, with the 5 gallon jugs, but on SXM, we go with the liter bottles. Carol Hill

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay Carol_Hill #80051 01/01/2016 11:40 AM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 978 Middletown DE, North of SXM mscottc Traveler mscottc Traveler Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 978 Middletown DE, North of SXM We tend to buy a couple of liter bottles, and fill them from the tap. We stay in a bungalow that is right under the owner's house, so I'm pretty sure the tap water from his cistern is pure and healthy. In any case, we've had no health issues from doing this over the years.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay mscottc #80052 01/01/2016 10:21 PM Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 203 Ontario T tbaybob Traveler tbaybob Traveler T Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 203 Ontario We use Brita plus a Steripen UV to treat our water in Mt Vernon.Beats carrying water.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay tbaybob #80053 01/01/2016 11:56 PM Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 1,267 Likes: 5 Cobourg Ontario Canada J jeepers Traveler jeepers Traveler J Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 1,267 Likes: 5 Cobourg Ontario Canada Unless something changed at mont Vernon we drank the tap water with no issues for several years they were an all inclusive hotel. They have a huge desalination plant there.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay jeepers #80054 01/02/2016 01:09 AM Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 1,267 Likes: 5 Cobourg Ontario Canada J jeepers Traveler jeepers Traveler J Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 1,267 Likes: 5 Cobourg Ontario Canada I meant St martin for the desalination not just mont Vernon

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay jeepers #80055 01/02/2016 08:36 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 870 Boston, MA iscrogr Traveler iscrogr Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 870 Boston, MA We were in Simpson Bay, in past years we would drink the tap water also, but this year the water did not taste good, so we opted for bottled water.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay iscrogr #80056 01/02/2016 09:19 AM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 245 Ontario, Canada C CanadianCutie OP Traveler OP CanadianCutie Traveler C Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 245 Ontario, Canada Thanks to everyone for the helpful answers. I just had some left over euros and thought we could just us those to buy some groceries. Canadian to US exchange is killing us poor Canadians right now.

Re: Carrefour in Cole Bay CanadianCutie #80057 01/02/2016 09:37 AM Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 13,590 Likes: 4 Peaceful Eastern North Carolin... GaKaye Traveler GaKaye Traveler Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 13,590 Likes: 4 Peaceful Eastern North Carolin... If you have euros, I'd use them on the French side to maximize their value.