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Help!!!! What happens now! Buying ticket from ticket tout
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"Robin May" wrote in message ... (Graham Hick) wrote the following in: om This happened to me a few years ago. The bit about the revenue inspector not believing where the ticket was bought or how much it cost. The difference being that my ticket was a legitimate Annual Travelcard for zones 1-3. Actually a corporate "season ticket loan" meaning my employer buys it and I pay them back for it. snip account of run in with revenue inspector Bus revenue inspectors I've come accross have been much less bothered. I was on a bus the other day and a revenue inspector asked to see my ticket. I showed him my oystercard and that was him satisfied even though he had no way of knowing what ticket was on it. You're supposed to carry your record-card with the ticket I believe. -- Kat in Downtown Toronto |
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:43:22 +0100, Dave Newt
wrote: Kat wrote: You're supposed to carry your record-card with the ticket I believe. Which if you renew online you don't get. Are we supposed to carry an A4 printout of the website receipt everywhere we go now? This reminders me of the photocard driving licence that needs to have a paper counter-part to be vaild. One step forward, two steps back... Cheers, Jason. |
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Jason wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:43:22 +0100, Dave Newt wrote: Kat wrote: You're supposed to carry your record-card with the ticket I believe. Which if you renew online you don't get. Are we supposed to carry an A4 printout of the website receipt everywhere we go now? This reminders me of the photocard driving licence that needs to have a paper counter-part to be vaild. One step forward, two steps back... Photocard license to conform to European legislation/directive; paper counterpart to keep the UK police happy |
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Dave Newt writes:
You're supposed to carry your record-card with the ticket I believe. Which if you renew online you don't get. Are we supposed to carry an A4 printout of the website receipt everywhere we go now? The station staff told me to keep the record card in a safe place seperate from the oyster card. Its basically a receipt in case the card gets lost. If an inspector wants to check its validity, they'll have to have a reader with them I guess (although the ones I saw at South Ealing the other morning didn't have readers and just waved people with oysters past). |
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:48:10 -0700, "Kat" wrote:
"Robin May" wrote in message ... Bus revenue inspectors I've come accross have been much less bothered. I was on a bus the other day and a revenue inspector asked to see my ticket. I showed him my oystercard and that was him satisfied even though he had no way of knowing what ticket was on it. You're supposed to carry your record-card with the ticket I believe. Actually, you don't have to, though you won't get a Gold Card discount on National Rail without it. And if you renew online you don't get a new record card anyway. HTH, Barry -- Barry Salter, Read uk.* newsgroups? Read uk.net.news.announce! DISCLAIMER: The above comments do not necessarily represent the views of my employers. |
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"Barry Salter" wrote in message ... On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:48:10 -0700, "Kat" wrote: "Robin May" wrote in message ... Bus revenue inspectors I've come accross have been much less bothered. I was on a bus the other day and a revenue inspector asked to see my ticket. I showed him my oystercard and that was him satisfied even though he had no way of knowing what ticket was on it. You're supposed to carry your record-card with the ticket I believe. Actually, you don't have to, though you won't get a Gold Card discount on National Rail without it. And if you renew online you don't get a new record card anyway. In that case (and in answer to the original point) I suppose that all revenue inspectors will carry something akin to our hand-held checkers. -- Kat in Downtown Toronto |
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Barry Salter wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:48:10 -0700, "Kat" wrote: "Robin May" wrote in message ... Bus revenue inspectors I've come accross have been much less bothered. I was on a bus the other day and a revenue inspector asked to see my ticket. I showed him my oystercard and that was him satisfied even though he had no way of knowing what ticket was on it. You're supposed to carry your record-card with the ticket I believe. Actually, you don't have to, though you won't get a Gold Card discount on National Rail without it. And if you renew online you don't get a new record card anyway. I renewed at the card-only ticket machine at London Bridge, pressed for a receipt and didn't get one! -- James Farrar | London, SE13 | |
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 20:59:37 +0100, James Farrar
wrote: I renewed at the card-only ticket machine at London Bridge, pressed for a receipt and didn't get one! IMO, the default when paying by credit card in every case should be to issue a receipt, with an option *not* to do so. To do otherwise is to display a cavalier attitude towards credit card fraud, and for the cardholder it makes it much more difficult to prove (if doubted) a dodgy transaction. You shouldn't have to display lightning-fast reactions (as you do at some ticket machines) to get something to which you should be entitled as a matter of course. Neil -- Neil Williams is a valid email address, but is sent to /dev/null. Try my first name at the above domain instead if you want to e-mail me. |
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