Thread: CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
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Old January 21st 12, 11:29 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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Default CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)

On Jan 21, 12:07*pm, "
wrote:

On 21/01/2012 06:15, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Peter *wrote:

Oyster was originally going to be able to be used for other low value
purchases, such as newspapers and cups of coffee, in the way that Octopus is
used in Hong Kong, but this idea fell foul of banking regulation.

Ah! I wondered about that. Yet, pay-by-cell phone doesn't. Weird.

They do have pay-by-cell for parking here in London, however.

UIVMM none of the pay-by-phone (for parking) systems in the UK
actually take the payment directly from one's mobile bill / mobile
PAYG credit - they all require one to register with the provider (e.g.
https://www.myringgo.com/) first - which includes giving them your
credit/debit card details to store with your account - and then call
them in order to pay for parking.
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