On May 7, 9:19 am, John B wrote:
On May 7, 9:10 am, Boltar wrote:

The problem with this country is its always the stick approach , never
the carrot. Instead of "we'll penalise you if you pay by cash" it
should be "if you use Oyster X times in a month you'll get a free 5
pound top-up" or something like that. But no , that would be far too
civilised.

The point is, given that fares are set with the aim of getting a
specific level of farebox revenue, those two things are *exactly the
****ing same*.

Right , that would be why this sort of incentive is used with store
cards , because getting a discount if you spend X amount is "exactly
the f*cking same" as telling people to use our store card because
otherwise we'll charge you twice the price. Oh , and thats after you'd
paid 3 quid for the priviledge of buying said card (though I think
that might have been waived now, not sure).

They may well have reduced the Oyster fares initially a small amount ,
but those reductions have long since vanished and since then the cash
fare on the buses have become extortionate and now its a minimum 4
quid to go anywhere on the tube!

B2003