NO!-SPAM-LOW! Re: SPAM-HIGH.Re: SPAM-LOW-DAMMIT.Re: [Gllug] ist that right that the Oyster card got RFID on it?

[Matthew King]

"Russell Howe" <rhowe at siksai.co.uk> writes:

> On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 12:33:15AM +0000, Matthew King wrote:
>> "Russell Howe" <rhowe at siksai.co.uk> writes:
>> > You pay a £3 (?) deposit, refundable upon return of the card, so
>> > assuming you return the card when done with it, I don't see why not.
>> 
>> That rather defeats the object of a throw-away card then. When I have
>> used public transport my journey usually finished at the end of a piddly
>> little bus route out in the sticks, often quite late at night, and a
>> refund would not be possible.
>
> There's nothing to preclude you holding onto the card until you're next
> in civilisation (although they'd be holding onto your £3 all the while!)

Fine. Except there is a good chance that will be a long time. As I said,
I do not use public transport often.

The thing about being able to throw away a used travel card is that once
my journeying is over that is the end of the matter - I can, literally,
throw the card away.

Matthew

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invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely
preferable to that of a mere adult.
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