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Security of Oyster Cards

(Matthew) wrote in message . com...
It's difficult to see how something that operates in this way can hope
to replace cash fares, as it is more difficult to charge the card than
to even buy one of the current generation of magnetic cards (bus

You're making the classic mistake of thinking that this is being done for
OUR benefit. Nothing is ever done for the consumers benefit , its done for
the companies benefit and if it happens to benefit the consumer then , well
thats nice, if not , just chuck some marketing at it and the sheep will be
molified.

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