On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:09:47 +0000, Clive Coleman
wrote:

As someone who lives 350 miles from the capital, but visits about four
times a year and find it inconvenient to go looking for a newsagent that
sales travel cards, is it worth my getting an Oyster?

Could be if you were planning to buy weekly (or more) season tickets
when in London.

You could buy a season ticket online on then activate it at your
chosen Underground station when you arrvive in London.

With the 2005 fares, single bus tickets and single off-peak tube
fares will be cheaper on Oyster pre-pay, so for this reason Oyster
might be a good idea.


Cheers,

Jason.

"Jason" wrote in message


With the 2005 fares, single bus tickets and single off-peak tube
fares will be cheaper on Oyster pre-pay, so for this reason Oyster
might be a good idea.


They are already cheaper with 2004 fares. However to obtain an Oystercard
for PrePay only, you have to pay a £3 deposit. This makes tham less
attractive for people who are not likely to use them very often.



Bob

Bob Wood wrote to uk.transport.london on Tue, 9 Nov 2004:

"Jason" wrote in message


With the 2005 fares, single bus tickets and single off-peak tube
fares will be cheaper on Oyster pre-pay, so for this reason Oyster
might be a good idea.


They are already cheaper with 2004 fares. However to obtain an Oystercard
for PrePay only, you have to pay a £3 deposit. This makes tham less
attractive for people who are not likely to use them very often.

On the third hand, once you have one, you don't have to buy another one.
On the fourth hand, of course, what are the chances of your being able
to find it when you want it?
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 6 November 2004 with new photos

Mrs Redboots wrote:
Bob Wood wrote to uk.transport.london on Tue, 9 Nov 2004:


"Jason" wrote in message
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With the 2005 fares, single bus tickets and single off-peak tube
fares will be cheaper on Oyster pre-pay, so for this reason Oyster
might be a good idea.


They are already cheaper with 2004 fares. However to obtain an Oystercard
for PrePay only, you have to pay a £3 deposit. This makes tham less
attractive for people who are not likely to use them very often.


On the third hand, once you have one, you don't have to buy another one.
On the fourth hand, of course, what are the chances of your being able
to find it when you want it?

If I had four hands I wouldn't be worrying about Oystercards!

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:16:50 +0000, Dave Arquati
wrote:

Mrs Redboots wrote:

On the third hand, once you have one, you don't have to buy another one.
On the fourth hand, of course, what are the chances of your being able
to find it when you want it?

If I had four hands I wouldn't be worrying about Oystercards!

Maybe you could get a Hong Kong style Octopus?
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:53:57, Mrs Redboots wrote:

On the fourth hand, of course, what are the chances of your being able
to find it when you want it?

Always my problem.

And then I find the 'orribles have used up all the credit, and you can't
top-up a pre-pay online. grr

(OT, Annabel, you seem to have your From: and Reply-to: the wrong way
round - your From: *will* be harvested, and your Reply-to: won't work.)

--
Jim Crowther "It's MY computer" (tm SMG)

Always learning.

Jim Crowther wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 10 Nov 2004:

(OT, Annabel, you seem to have your From: and Reply-to: the wrong
way round - your From: *will* be harvested, and your Reply-to: won't
work.)

Do I? Thanks. Will sort it (but haven't as yet!).

Now have tried to, but there doesn't seem a way to do this in my
newsreader! I mean, I can mung the reply-to field, but don't seem to be
able to do the From field. Anybody else use Turnpike and know how to
other than manually every message, which is a bore?
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 6 November 2004 with new photos

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:21:00, Mrs Redboots wrote:

Jim Crowther wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 10 Nov 2004:

(OT, Annabel, you seem to have your From: and Reply-to: the wrong
way round - your From: *will* be harvested, and your Reply-to: won't
work.)

Do I? Thanks. Will sort it (but haven't as yet!).

Now have tried to, but there doesn't seem a way to do this in my
newsreader! I mean, I can mung the reply-to field, but don't seem to be
able to do the From field. Anybody else use Turnpike and know how to
other than manually every message, which is a bore?

Looks like you've got it just about right now.

For future reference, in Configure/Personalities, highlight the
personality you use here, put the munged (nospam.demon.co.uk) domain in
'Domain', and a suitable, working, but preferably filterable and
disposable address in the 'Reply-to'. If you click on the 'Advanced'
tab you can also change the 'Sender' and the domain used for the Message
ID, both of which are also harvested. Any further questions will get
better answers in demon.ip.support.turnpike.

Use CtrlH on this message to see an example.

This is OT, so follow-ups set to 'poster'.

--
Jim Crowther "It's MY computer" (tm SMG)

Always learning.

Jim Crowther wrote:

This is OT, so follow-ups set to 'poster'.

That doesn't work with Outlook Express. If you "Reply to group" as
usual, it sends a reply to the group (this post) and a separate "cc"
mail to you which annoyingly uses my default mail address rather than
the one I use on usenet. (I've deleted the "cc" address, in case you're
wondering why you haven't received the mail.)
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)