Clark W. Griswold, Jr. wrote:
You can buy them anonymously, or you can register your name and address. The
advantage to registering is that any value on the card when lost can be
transfered to a replacement card.

That being true, it's funny how it doesn't happen. The TfL Oyster
replacement forms have a box asking for an estimate of how much your Pre
Pay balance was. Despite my having registered my card and, indeed,
having it with me (I'd sat on it rather than lost it) the station staff
were unable to check the balance on it and just transfer it. Maybe this
was just incompetence, though. I certainly can't think why it would be
necessary if the system was designed well.

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