I had to use a bus on the w/e and found that my pre pay had run out.
It cost me 2 quid to go 1 mile because I had to pay by cash. Is that
fair? I don't think so. Same story on the tube.

I think one of the first things boris should at is ditch Kens
idiotic , deliberate and spiteful disparity between the Oyster and
cash fares to deliberately force occasional commuters to use Oyster to
no benefit to themselves but every benefit to TfL.

B2003

Boltar wrote:
I had to use a bus on the w/e and found that my pre pay had run out.
It cost me 2 quid to go 1 mile because I had to pay by cash. Is that
fair? I don't think so. Same story on the tube.

I think one of the first things boris should at is ditch Kens
idiotic , deliberate and spiteful disparity between the Oyster and
cash fares to deliberately force occasional commuters to use Oyster to
no benefit to themselves but every benefit to TfL.

B2003

That's dreadful. I think Boris should introduce a scheme whereby you
can top up your Oyster automatically when it runs out...

Tom

On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:01 +0100, Tom Barry
wrote:

Boltar wrote:
I had to use a bus on the w/e and found that my pre pay had run out.
It cost me 2 quid to go 1 mile because I had to pay by cash. Is that
fair? I don't think so. Same story on the tube.

I think one of the first things boris should at is ditch Kens
idiotic , deliberate and spiteful disparity between the Oyster and
cash fares to deliberately force occasional commuters to use Oyster to
no benefit to themselves but every benefit to TfL.

B2003

That's dreadful. I think Boris should introduce a scheme whereby you
can top up your Oyster automatically when it runs out...

Tom

I thought you could by registering your bank account details on the
tfl site.

On May 6, 11:15 am, Scott wrote:
I thought you could by registering your bank account details on the
tfl site.

You'd have to be an idiot to give your bank details to TfL.

B2003

On Tue, 6 May 2008 03:50:47 -0700 (PDT), Boltar
wrote:

On May 6, 11:15 am, Scott wrote:
I thought you could by registering your bank account details on the
tfl site.

You'd have to be an idiot to give your bank details to TfL.

B2003

That is a different question. What the poster said was:

I think Boris should introduce a scheme whereby you
can top up your Oyster automatically when it runs out...

I said I think you can. Are you disputing this?

On May 6, 1:33 pm, Scott wrote:
On Tue, 6 May 2008 03:50:47 -0700 (PDT), Boltar

wrote:
On May 6, 11:15 am, Scott wrote:
I thought you could by registering your bank account details on the
tfl site.

You'd have to be an idiot to give your bank details to TfL.

B2003

That is a different question. What the poster said was:

I think Boris should introduce a scheme whereby you
can top up your Oyster automatically when it runs out...

I said I think you can. Are you disputing this?

Did it look like I was disputing it? Do try and keep up.

B2003

Scott wrote:
On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:01 +0100, Tom Barry
wrote:

Boltar wrote:
I think one of the first things boris should at is ditch Kens
idiotic , deliberate and spiteful disparity between the Oyster and
cash fares to deliberately force occasional commuters to use Oyster
to no benefit to themselves but every benefit to TfL.

B2003

That's dreadful. I think Boris should introduce a scheme whereby you
can top up your Oyster automatically when it runs out...

Tom

I thought you could by registering your bank account details on the
tfl site.

I think you might have missed some of the sarcasm in Tom's suggestion
above...

Paul

On Tue, 6 May 2008 15:46:46 +0100, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

Scott wrote:
On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:01 +0100, Tom Barry
wrote:

Boltar wrote:
I think one of the first things boris should at is ditch Kens
idiotic , deliberate and spiteful disparity between the Oyster and
cash fares to deliberately force occasional commuters to use Oyster
to no benefit to themselves but every benefit to TfL.

B2003

That's dreadful. I think Boris should introduce a scheme whereby you
can top up your Oyster automatically when it runs out...

Tom

I thought you could by registering your bank account details on the
tfl site.

I think you might have missed some of the sarcasm in Tom's suggestion
above...

Paul

I think I must have missed all of it. But then again, I don't live in
London.

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 11:06:01AM +0100, Tom Barry wrote:

That's dreadful. I think Boris should introduce a scheme whereby you
can top up your Oyster automatically when it runs out...

Yes, he should. And it should work for people who live south of the
river and don't use the tube.

--
David Cantrell | Minister for Arbitrary Justice

Anyone willing to give up a little fun for tolerance deserves neither

On 6 May, 10:10, Boltar wrote:
I had to use a bus on the w/e and found that my pre pay had run out.
It cost me 2 quid to go 1 mile because I had to pay by cash. Is that
fair? I don't think so. Same story on the tube.

I think one of the first things boris should at is ditch Kens
idiotic , deliberate and spiteful disparity between the Oyster and
cash fares to deliberately force occasional commuters to use Oyster to
no benefit to themselves but every benefit to TfL.

You realise that if it benefits TfL, that means it benefits
ratepayers, right? Cash handling is expensive and it is right that
this should be reflected by putting prices at a deterrent level,
thereby saving us all money and allowing more spending on improving
the service...

[as well as the auto-top-up point someone else mentioned, aren't there
any newsagents near your house?]

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org