By Andy McCue
Published: Thursday 21 July 2005
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Name
Richard A.
Location
London
Occupation
Bloke
Comment
The technology just isn't robust enough yet.
My Oystercard fails entirely once a month on average and has to be replaced, requiring me to submit a new application form, estimate the remaining credit etc.
In addition I suffer two or three reader failures a week and keep getting told off by the recharge machines for having incomplete journey's.
Anecdotal evidence suggests this is not an exceptional level of failure.
I live a normal lifestyle with no abnormal exposure to magnetic fields. My Oyster Card never comes near my mobile phone and I do not - so far as I am aware - have magets in my right buttock (the card lives in my back pocket).
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