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Old September 2nd 09, 11:27 AM posted to uk.transport.london
David A Stocks[_3_] David A Stocks[_3_] is offline
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"Daniel Barlow" wrote in message

Mizter T writes:

On Sep 2, 10:11 am, "David A Stocks" wrote:

I've never understood why anybody bothers with online top up. [...]

Because what's no good for you is no good for anyone else, and anyone
who might demur is wrong?


I think we're all prepared to entertain the *possiblity* that it might
be good for someone, but you don't actually give any indication of who
they might be or why.

Do tell. My experience echoes Mr Stocks', so I would also be
interested to hear from people who do get use out of the service.


On-line top-up accepts Amex cards -- I don't think ticket machines do (or
they didn't used to). Also, no risk of anyone seeing your pin.

I always used my Amex card. The PIN by itself isn't a lot of use, and online
card transactions from a less than secure PC could give away far more
compromising information ...

D A Stocks