On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:27:12 GMT, Neil Williams wrote:
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:47:49 GMT, pete wrote:

The programme gave two fairly explicit examples. The booking fees, which
are far beyond the actual cost of the transaction

Not exactly a "mugging", though. Before you purchase your ticket, the
full price is made clear. And they have a single page on their
website listing all the fees.

and the "penalty" they
impose if you forget to print or lose your boarding pass. Again, the
charge is vastly in excess of the cost of the service.

If you forget your train ticket, you'll have to buy a new one. That
could be far more than 40 quid.

So are you saying you believe that if a second person mugs you for more
than a previous mugger did, the first one doesn't count?

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:25:00 GMT, pete wrote:

So are you saying you believe that if a second person mugs you for more
than a previous mugger did, the first one doesn't count?

No. It's a condition of travel by train that you carry a valid ticket
while doing so. It's a condition of travel by Ryanair that you carry
a valid boarding card while doing so. Where's the issue?

(Admittedly, it's a bit different in that by train the actual proof
that you're entitled to travel *is* the ticket, whereas with Ryanair
it's a record in a database. But I think they're still comparable
situations).

Neil

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On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:04:59 GMT, Neil Williams wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:25:00 GMT, pete wrote:

So are you saying you believe that if a second person mugs you for more
than a previous mugger did, the first one doesn't count?

No. It's a condition of travel by train that you carry a valid ticket
while doing so. It's a condition of travel by Ryanair that you carry
a valid boarding card while doing so. Where's the issue?

(Admittedly, it's a bit different in that by train the actual proof
that you're entitled to travel *is* the ticket, whereas with Ryanair
it's a record in a database. But I think they're still comparable
situations).

comparable except for mugging people £40 to print a 1p piece of paper.