On Feb 3, 9:28*am, David Hansen
wrote:

As I understand it the £3.00 fine for getting one covers the cost of
the card and provides a buffer against abuse.

It's not a fine. It's effectively a purchase price for the card, and
not far off what the cards actually cost. And what's more it's
refundable.

I hadn't thought of it until this thread comes up, but if masses of
inactive cards are having to be held on the database, it will just
grow continuously...

Neil