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On 26 Feb, 18:44, Michael Hoffman wrote:
Can this be legal? If there was never any indication that the Bus Savers
could expire, then it seems like it would be a violation of the Unfair
Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations.
You could always apply to TfL to have your tickets refunded or
replaced. Unless you've been stockpiling the tickets in order to
engage in some kind of scam, I don't see why they shouldn't agree to
do so.

Because it is adminstratively costly for them to do so.

I don't think that changes their legal obligation.
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Michael Hoffman

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Neil Williams wrote:
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:20:55 +0000, Joyce Whitchurch
wrote:

But TBH I'm surprised that Saver tickets ever got off the ground in the
first place. They were particularly easy to fiddle when Routemasters
ruled the earth - not many conductors could remember who'd given them a
ticket and who'd not.

Not any more than they could remember who they'd sold a cash fare to
or seen a Travelcard from, presumably?

They could ask to see the ticket or the Travelcard again though. But if
you showed them a Saver ticket, they couldn't remember if they'd already
taken the stub or not, short of digging through a pile of stubs in their
bag. I suppose that problem lessened as fewer and fewer people used Savers.
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Joyce Whitchurch, Stalybridge, UK
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On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:35:50 +0000, Joyce Whitchurch
wrote:

They could ask to see the ticket or the Travelcard again though. But if
you showed them a Saver ticket, they couldn't remember if they'd already
taken the stub or not, short of digging through a pile of stubs in their
bag.

Fair point, though they could presumably keep the stubs from that
journey in a pocket.

I wonder why TfL didn't think of the Dutch idea of issuing a rubber
stamp to drivers/conductors instead? Quicker boarding?

Neil

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In message , Joyce Whitchurch
writes
They could ask to see the ticket or the Travelcard again though. But if
you showed them a Saver ticket, they couldn't remember if they'd
already taken the stub or not, short of digging through a pile of stubs
in their bag. I suppose that problem lessened as fewer and fewer people
used Savers.
A clippy eyes everyone getting on the bus before letting the driver
drive away, then they head for those people for fares or tickets.
--
Clive.

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On 3 Mar, 08:16, Phil Richards wrote:

We have two spare Oyster cards at home which we top up & lend to friends
and family when they come down to stop with us.

This makes a lot of sense. I've given my sister an Oyster Prepay that
I wasn't using so that she can save money and time by topping up at
Kings Cross when she's in town. The alternative would be a huge queue
and ridiculous prices.