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Old November 1st 07, 01:19 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default "Bus [Saver] ticket scammer escapes jail"

On Oct 31, 9:44 pm, Mizter T wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7071356.stm

This (and perhaps other similar?) scams is presumably what lay behind
TfL's decision to change the design of the Bus Saver ticket earlier
this year.

Before Oyster PAYG, I was a big fan of the Bus Saver tickets, and they
can still come in useful when travelling on the bus with an Oyster-
less visitor from out of town. Nonetheless by their very nature
they're vulnerable to fraud.


I was amazed when I heard TfL was changing the design. I have never
seen the point of these tickets, and to persevere with them after
Oyster became widespread seemed like the decision of someone
completely & utterly doolally. It is like a return to the 1860s! Do
they have a 'No expectorating' warning on the back?