On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 02:47:14 +0100, Tim Bray
wrote:

It takes 5 mins to get one, and then you just feed a tenner into the
machine when the barriers say you are getting low.

....which TfL get to keep and earn interest on.

Oyster in its current form is not suitable for very infrequent
passengers. There is no excuse for blatently ripping these people
off. 2 quid was expensive, but 3 quid is offensive.

I hope the taxis increase their takings substantially and TfL's income
decreases accordingly, to teach them a lesson for this.

Neil

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