Thread: CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
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Old February 24th 12, 01:11 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
Adam H. Kerman Adam H. Kerman is offline
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Default cards, was E-ZPass, was CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
d wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:20:56 +0900 Miles Bader wrote:
"Roger Traviss" writes:

Not to mention that using cash makes spending money somewhat more
visceral, which I kinda like... keeps spending down a bit maybe.

I find the U.S. credit/debit-card obsession just sort of weird...

Other than a few toonies and loonies (Google if you don't know what they
are) in the glove compartment for parking meters and they are not really
required as most meters take credit cards, I never carry cash.

Wacky!

He must be one of those bloody annoying people who insist on paying for
a 2.50 sandwich with a credit card and causing a huge queue of ****ed off
hungry customers behind him.

I was behind a guy writing a check the other day. The cashier took the
signed check from him and tried to run it through the check printer to
put the amount on, but it failed, so he had to fill it in himself. So
that convenience feature made things take longer still.

I then paid for a small purchase with a credit card.
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