There seems to be no restriction on buying these in bulk: my local newsagent
was happy to sell me a whole packet of 25 booklets, and even went next door to
the connected supermarket to process my credit card transaction for me!

Marc.

"Mait001" wrote in message
...

There seems to be no restriction on buying these in bulk:
my local newsagent was happy to sell me a whole packet
of 25 booklets, and even went next door to the connected
supermarket to process my credit card transaction for me!

You were lucky. it took me 3 newsagents to get 4 savers. I don't think I'll
bother getting more, since a bus ride is only 80p with prepay, and as the
readers are alleged not to be working a lot of the time, the resultant free
rides will probably bring the average cost of a ride down below 70p.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

Are you sure these will work in 2005? Can't LT introduce new ones and make
the old ones invalid?

"Mait001" wrote in message
...
There seems to be no restriction on buying these in bulk: my local
newsagent
was happy to sell me a whole packet of 25 booklets, and even went next
door to
the connected supermarket to process my credit card transaction for me!

Marc.

Seabiscuit wrote:

Are you sure these will work in 2005? Can't LT introduce new ones and make
the old ones invalid?

Since there is nothing on the existing stocks to say "Use by" or whatever
and no where have TfL mentioned this in any of their publicity then even if
the design changes then it'll be difficult to refuse the existing ones
after Sunday's fare changes.

--
Phil Richards
London, UK
Home Page: http://www.philrichards1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

There is no expiry mraked anywhere on them.

Moreover, given that I have bought 144 of them, there is an implied condition
in my purchase contract that they will be valid for more than the few days
before the price increase, that they will be valid for a reasonable period
hereafter.

If the worst came to the worst, I would have a legal claim against T.F.L., the
newsagent (as their agents) and my credit card company (as the paying party,
who guarantee the purchase).

Marc.

On 31 Dec 2004 12:17:52 GMT, Mait001
wrote in :
There is no expiry mraked anywhere on them.

Moreover, given that I have bought 144 of them, there is an implied condition
in my purchase contract that they will be valid for more than the few days
before the price increase, that they will be valid for a reasonable period
hereafter.

If the worst came to the worst, I would have a legal claim against T.F.L., the
newsagent (as their agents) and my credit card company (as the paying party,
who guarantee the purchase).

Jeeze, you Brits are turning into a bunch of antagonistic
litigation-happy grumblers. My Oystercard didn't arrive today, despite
being posted yesterday afternoon, so I thought I would buy a book of Saver
Tickets to cover the gap. My local newsagent (UB8 3SH) was perfectly
happy to sell them to me and pointed out a label on the pouch they were
stored in that said that the price was $4.20 until next week, when they
will go up to £4.80. Exactly the same tickets, just costing more, so
obviously they have the same validity whatever the purchase price.

--
Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Room 40-1-B12, CERN
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote:

If the worst came to the worst, I would have a legal claim against T.F.L., the
newsagent (as their agents) and my credit card company (as the paying party,
who guarantee the purchase).

Jeeze, you Brits are turning into a bunch of antagonistic
litigation-happy grumblers.

Something which many like to think we've picked up from the USA....

stored in that said that the price was $4.20 until next week, when they
will go up to £4.80. Exactly the same tickets, just costing more, so
obviously they have the same validity whatever the purchase price.

$4.20 read £4.20, though I'm sure many will be more than happy to pay your
price in Super Low Value US Dollars ;-) From Sunday the price will go up to
£6.00, not £4.80.

--
Phil Richards
London, UK
Home Page: http://www.philrichards1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

[Sorry, Phil, I keep reflexively hitting 'r' instead of 'f'...]
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:11:35 +0000,
Phil Richards
wrote in :
Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote:

If the worst came to the worst, I would have a legal claim against T.F.L., the
newsagent (as their agents) and my credit card company (as the paying party,
who guarantee the purchase).

Jeeze, you Brits are turning into a bunch of antagonistic
litigation-happy grumblers.

Something which many like to think we've picked up from the USA....

stored in that said that the price was $4.20 until next week, when they
will go up to £4.80. Exactly the same tickets, just costing more, so
obviously they have the same validity whatever the purchase price.

$4.20 read £4.20, though I'm sure many will be more than happy to pay your
price in Super Low Value US Dollars ;-) From Sunday the price will go up to
£6.00, not £4.80.

You're right on both counts. I thought, "she said £6.00, but I
thought they were going up to 80p, so I'll make it £4.80." And, of course,
I'm more used to typing $ signs than £s (it'd be even cheaper at $AUS4.20!).

--
Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Room 40-1-B12, CERN
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".