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Old September 20th 03, 10:42 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Paul Weaver Paul Weaver is offline
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Default Whats up with charging £5.10 for an off-peak travel card?

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 23:24:45 +0100, Joe Patrick wrote:
It makes the extra money. 10 people buying it is an extra pound. 1000 people
buying it is a hundred pound. 10000 people an extra thousand pound


Yes, but thats an extra £1000 on £50,000 - 2%. Surely the extra time
giving change or filling machines with change costs that much?

Why dont they charge £5.15 instead? 5 p is nothing, and would result in
an extra £500.