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Offline Pastis

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Oyster shyster
« on: October 01, 2007, 10:40:07 AM »
"We are sorry but due to a site upgrade your password is no longer valid, blah blah blah... which means you can't find out how much is on your card, and of course it might suddenly be invalid mid-journey making you late for the appointment... so sorry"

Jeeeeesus. If TFL can manage to send me emails every week about tube closures and maintenance, you'd have thought they could manage a short email warning of an upgrade to the Oyster website  evil:

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Re: Oyster shyster
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2007, 10:42:32 AM »
But symptomatic of a general inability to do simple things properly ~ and the same people want us to trust them on IT systems for ID Cards etc.
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Re: Oyster shyster
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2007, 11:55:19 AM »
But symptomatic of a general inability to do simple things properly ~ and the same people want us to trust them on IT systems for ID Cards etc.

"We are sorry but due to a site upgrade your password is no longer valid, blah blah blah... which means you can't find out how much information is on your card, and of course your citizenship might suddenly be invalid.. so sorry"
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Re: Oyster shyster
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2007, 12:49:27 PM »
Dear User.

"We are sorry but due to a site upgrade the password for your life support system  is no longer valid, blah blah blah... which means it will no longer control how much assistance your life support is providing. Naturally your life might suddenly become invalid and necessarily terminated for lack of information... so sorry."

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Re: Oyster shyster
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2007, 03:14:28 PM »
They have just cut the prices. Only found out this morning when I renewed it.

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Re: Oyster shyster
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2007, 04:51:27 PM »
There's a result ~ not got an election for Mayor looming have we?
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Re: Oyster shyster
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2007, 05:02:44 PM »
Oddly, yes. Weird that.
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Re: Oyster shyster
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2007, 05:16:04 PM »
Cor ~ I must be psychic  whistle:
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