Whats up with charging £5.10 for an off-peak travel card?
 

It is not that five pounds is so outrageous...But £5.10 just means you need
a tenner, and have £4.90 in small change.

Surely the amount of change that is required at the ticket office, negates
the benefit of the extra 10p.

It just seems like a silly price....£5.10p...just shave off the 10p for
crying out loud....

Whats up with charging £5.10 for an off-peak travel card?
 

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:30:36 +0100, HP wrote:

It is not that five pounds is so outrageous...But £5.10 just means you need
a tenner, and have £4.90 in small change.

Surely the amount of change that is required at the ticket office, negates
the benefit of the extra 10p.

It just seems like a silly price....£5.10p...just shave off the 10p for
crying out loud....

I do agree that the extra 10p is a little silly, but how many people
actually buy an off peak all zone card? Remember 1-4 and 1-2 are cheaper.

Whats up with charging £5.10 for an off-peak travel card?
 

It is not that five pounds is so outrageous...But £5.10 just means you
need
a tenner, and have £4.90 in small change.

Surely the amount of change that is required at the ticket office,
negates
the benefit of the extra 10p.

It just seems like a silly price....£5.10p...just shave off the 10p for
crying out loud....

I do agree that the extra 10p is a little silly, but how many people
actually buy an off peak all zone card? Remember 1-4 and 1-2 are cheaper.

It makes the extra money. 10 people buying it is an extra pound. 1000 people
buying it is a hundred pound. 10000 people an extra thousand pound
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Whats up with charging £5.10 for an off-peak travel card?
 

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 23:24:45 +0100, Joe Patrick wrote:
It makes the extra money. 10 people buying it is an extra pound. 1000 people
buying it is a hundred pound. 10000 people an extra thousand pound

Yes, but thats an extra £1000 on £50,000 - 2%. Surely the extra time
giving change or filling machines with change costs that much?

Why dont they charge £5.15 instead? 5 p is nothing, and would result in
an extra £500.

Whats up with charging £5.10 for an off-peak travel card?
 

"Paul Weaver" wrote in message
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:30:36 +0100, HP wrote:

It is not that five pounds is so outrageous...But £5.10 just means you
need
a tenner, and have £4.90 in small change.

Surely the amount of change that is required at the ticket office,
negates
the benefit of the extra 10p.

It just seems like a silly price....£5.10p...just shave off the 10p for
crying out loud....

I do agree that the extra 10p is a little silly, but how many people
actually buy an off peak all zone card? Remember 1-4 and 1-2 are cheaper.

That may be so, but some of us live in the outer zones. Infact i had to walk
a mile to another line, cos my station was out of action for maintenance, I
should have claimed for a cab fare!

Whats up with charging £5.10 for an off-peak travel card?
 

HP wrote:
It is not that five pounds is so outrageous...But £5.10 just means
you need a tenner, and have £4.90 in small change.

Surely the amount of change that is required at the ticket office,
negates the benefit of the extra 10p.

It just seems like a silly price....£5.10p...just shave off the 10p
for crying out loud....

I agree with you, but believe the reason is due to the Evening
Standard/Daily Mail and the poor memories of the public at large.

Given that the fare goes up each January they have to keep the rises fairly
regular in percentage terms (OK they have been jumping about a bit in recent
years as Ken messes with them). If it goes up by 4% every year the public
only moan a little bit. If it goes up by 2% one year (to a nice round £5)
this means it has to go up 7% the following year to make up for it. And a 7%
rise means the Evening Standard having a field day, inciting the public to
riot etc etc - nobody remembers that the previous year it only went up 2%.

Hope that makes sense.

Whats up with charging £5.10 for an off-peak travel card?
 

Paul Weaver wrote:
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:30:36 +0100, HP wrote:

It is not that five pounds is so outrageous...But £5.10 just means
you need a tenner, and have £4.90 in small change.

Surely the amount of change that is required at the ticket office,
negates the benefit of the extra 10p.

It just seems like a silly price....£5.10p...just shave off the 10p
for crying out loud....

I do agree that the extra 10p is a little silly, but how many people
actually buy an off peak all zone card? Remember 1-4 and 1-2 are
cheaper.

Well zone 1-2 off peak is £4.10 so the same question applies.