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[email protected] · November 24th 08, 11:55 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Tom Anderson) wrote:

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008, wrote:

In article , (Andrew
Heenan) wrote:

And how you think an 'auto' system could conceivably function
*without* registration beats me!

Why does the system need to know more than which /card/ is being
topped up?

Because you have to give them your credit/debit card details, so
they can charge you money for the credit which is being topped up.
If they took paypal or something, then maybe they wouldn't have to
take your details, but they don't, so they do.

I can top up a mobile phone at a cash machine. They need to know who I am
to charge me but the phone I'm topping up may not be registered at all and
has no problem being topped up. Same with Oyster cards, surely?

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Colin Rosenstiel