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Author: BoltarBoltar Date: May 6, 2008 02:10
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
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Author: Tom BarryTom Barry Date: May 6, 2008 03:06
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
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Author: John BJohn B Date: May 6, 2008 03:12
On 6 May, 10:10, Boltar yahoo.co.uk> 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?]
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Author: ScottScott Date: May 6, 2008 03:15
On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:01 +0100, Tom Barry blueyonder.co.uk>
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
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Author: BoltarBoltar Date: May 6, 2008 03:47
On May 6, 11:12 am, John B johnband.org> wrote:> On 6 May, 10:10, Boltar yahoo.co.uk> 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...
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Author: BoltarBoltar Date: May 6, 2008 03:49
On May 6, 11:12 am, John B johnband.org> wrote:
> [as well as the auto-top-up point someone else mentioned, aren't there
> any newsagents near your house?]
If i'd known it had run out I'd have topped it up beforehand. Its a
bit late when I'm already on the bus.
B2003
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Author: BoltarBoltar Date: May 6, 2008 03:50
On May 6, 11:15 am, Scott virgin.net> 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
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Author: MIGMIG Date: May 6, 2008 04:18
On 6 May, 11:12, John B johnband.org> wrote:> On 6 May, 10:10, Boltar yahoo.co.uk> 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?] ...
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Author: googlegoogle Date: May 6, 2008 04:28
On May 6, 12:18 pm, MIG doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:>
> And you can only do it by registering to be electronically tagged.
You can always have two cards. One is set with auto-top-up so it can
never run out. The other is an unregistered card that you top-up with
cash. Usually you use the unregistered card. Only if your registered
card runs too low and you can't top it up do you use the registered
card. (You could miss out on a daily cap if your card runs out part
way though the day)
Tim.
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Author: kev15973kev15973 Date: May 6, 2008 04:47
On May 6, 10:10Â am, Boltar yahoo.co.uk> 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
Bad luck, I used to do that all the time until I got an auto top up
card. You can get an auto top up oyster card here:
https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/guest/guestProductConfig.do?method=display
The advantage of people paying by oyster isn't just reduced costs.
It's also faster journey times. It used to take forever for a long
queue to board a bus, when many people were paying cash. Now that
paying cash is significantly more expensive, hardly anyone does.
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