In message
, MIG
writes

My initial reaction to the news of OEPs was that TOCs had been forced
to accept Oyster and were determined to sabotage it by making it
unusable. That opinion hasn't changed.

While I agree that OEPs currently seem a total mess, I don't think that
will do anything to sabotage Oyster. When OEPs were first announced it
was said that the percentage of journeys likely to need an OEP was
incredibly small. That's no excuse for making the procedure difficult,
of course, but it is not necessarily an Oyster-stopping issue.
--
Paul Terry