On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 08:19:49 +0100, Phil Richards
wrote:

The point Chris is trying to make is that like Oyster, it is for
convenience. The only difference is that TfL are offering you a financial
benefit as well as convenience with Oyster whilst the Royal Mail aren't
with stamp books.

I'd agree with that up until now. For the new Tube fare, AFAIAC, they
are offering a significant financial *disbenefit* in the form of an
unreasonably[1] high fare.

Compare it with, for instance, the Post Office raising the price of a
first class stamp to gbp1 if bought individually, or the current price
if bought in a book of 12, for which one must give a gbp3 deposit for
the return of the empty book. I know it's not a perfect comparison,
but it makes one think.

[1] I fail to see how anyone can consider, in itself, gbp3 as a
reasonable fare for a short-distance Tube single.

Neil

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