"solar penguin" wrote in message
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Paul Scott wrote:
"solar penguin" wrote in message
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Are you sure about that? I've used Oyster PAYG between Sydenham Hill
and Victoria several times, and never had any problems at all.

And that's using PAYG in combination with a travelcard - if so for which
zones?

No Travelcard. But that doesn't matter because the original poster
didn't mention anything at all about Travelcards.

In the bit you deliberately snipped he said, "South Eastern seem to be
the main culprits. I read something last night that suggested they had
programmed their gates to reject Oyster cards
when OEPs were not set."

As stated, that seems to apply to normal Oysters as well as ones with
Travelcards on them.

I expect Paul Corfield didn't mention travelcards because it is implied.
The original 'Southeastern' problem he is referring to WAS about people
arriving in Zone 1 with travelcards which were not valid there.

OEPs are completely irrelevant when there is no travelcard involved - as in
your own reported journey.

Paul S