On 15 Apr, 14:54, Roland Perry wrote:
I've only seen them selling £5 ones. I thought they were non-refundable
(and therefore in effect "Visitor Cards"), but if you say they are
normal ones...

The condom-machine style ones sell ordinary Oyster cards. The original
trial batch took £3 for the deposit and no credit (I don't know if any
of this type still exist) and later ones are £5 (inc £2 credit). Both
types have a refundable deposit as far as I know, and are distinct
from Visitor Oyster cards.

(AIUI, Visitor Oyster Cards come with slightly different terms so they
can be sold easily by third parties, whereas the vending machine cards
are sold by TfL and therefore can use the ordinary terms)

(and it would be a hell of a lot simpler if the ticket machines could
issue cards directly, like they do in Tokyo)

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