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MIG wrote:

On 3 Feb, 11:30, Graeme wrote:
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If it's a fine, it's a fine for losing the card. *I had one, lost
it, had to buy another one. *I don't expect to get the £3 back, but
I may pay another £3 when I lose this one ...

If you lose your umbrella then you'll have to pay for a new one. *Is
the cost of the umbrella a fine?

Of course not. *It certainly isn't a deposit, which is what I was
saying. It's simply a price.

You said it was a fine for losing the card.

No, I said it was the price. Then I made a "if it's a fine, it's for
losing the card" comment, the important point being the "losing" not the
"fine". You've insisted on picking up on that word, which I never used in
the way that a previous poster did.

You persisted in using the word which is why I picked up on it.

It's a bit annoying to know that if you did surrender one, it would
be binned anyway. *I once found someone's registered Oyster and
handed it in, only for it to dawn on me that it was probably going
to be binned without the person who registered it being informed
(at least not before they bought another one).

Why did you think that? *Did you see it binned?

See other response.

Assumption on your part with no evidence, other than paranoia, to back it
up.

Paranoia? It was annoyance that I'd gone to the trouble to make sure
that someone got their card back, and was given the impression that
this wouldn't be achieved. I hope I was wrong.

The person you handed it too was probably not in a position to know what
would happen next.

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Graeme Wall

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