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Tom Anderson · November 25th 08, 04:32 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, wrote:

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?

You could do that. But since you have to enter your details to authorise
the card purchase, what's the point? If the secret police are out to get,
you, that's enough.

tom

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