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Old December 1st 12, 12:45 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Contactless ('wave-and-pay') payment progress?


"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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02:52:21 on Sat, 1 Dec 2012, Jack remarked:
I guess all the OnePulse cards will have to be replaced with non-
Oyster visa cards and all current cardholders instructed not to use
their current OnePulses on buses?


Actually I'd prefer it to be non-Paywave, if there has to be such a
decision.

ie an Oyster I can also use as a credit card elsewhere (eg buying and
collecting ToD).

There ought to be more dual-purpose cards, like a Tesco Credit card and
combined Clubcard, or a Sainsburys Credit Card and combined Nectar Card.
But I suspect the shops make too much money from people who forget to take
their loyalty card with them (and don't go back later to add the points).


I would have thought that people forgetting to take their card is somewhat
lost in all the noise of the other possible "mistakes" (both positive and
negative) that affect a supermarket's bottom line.

tim