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Getting my quid back
I know it's only a quid, and I probably won't bother, but it's a matter of
principle. I left the house this morning and got on the bus. I knew that my monthly season ticket had run out yesterday and I also knew that Londis (my local shop) does not take credit or debit cards and I didn't have £105 on me in cash and the cashpoint is too far (unless I spend £1.50 commission on the cashpoint inside Londis). As I have £25 credit on my Oyster for when I go over zone 3, I reckoned that I should just take the bus to Plaistow, purchase my monthly season ticket starting today with my debit card, and claim back the pound. I was told that at the booking office that was impossible, there was nothing I could do, that that pound was lost. Now, I'm sure I'd read differently. And I wouldn't put is past the ticket sellers to give out misinformation. But I just wanted to make absolutely certain. I mean, after all, if you leave your season ticket behind by mistake and have to pay for tickets for a day, you can claim that back - or you used to be able to. SO if I pay £1 to get on a bus where I am going to be buying a monthly season ticket that would make that bus journey legal, how come I can't claim that £1 back? Don't want to sound like a cheapskate here, it's more curiosity and principle than anything else. After all, £1 can buy you jack diddly in town these days.... |
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