In message of Tue, 5 Nov
2013 23:02:23 in uk.transport.london, Richard
writes
On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:32:12 GMT, d wrote:

The machines are quite happy to dish out a one day paper travelcard. For now.
Though if you want to buy an oyster card you need to queue for the bloke in
the ticket office. I wonder if anyone in TfL has noticed the irony?

The last time I bought an Oyster card, I did it from a ticket machine.
It seemed a very useful feature not shared by many other cities. My
reading of http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14433.aspx is that this isn't
possible any more.

Your reading is right. The file is wrong.
You can buy oyster cards with coinage.
You can top up with notes and credit cards
The machines which sell oyster cards do not accept notes.
I do not recall if they accept credit cards.


"Ticket machines: Top up your Oyster card with any amount of credit,
add season tickets or buy paper tickets."

So, is it possible?

Yes.
--
Walter Briscoe