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Got a £25 fine from TFL. I had an oyster on me, but borrowed my friend Robin's child oyster to get on bus for free. Unfortunately TFL officers jumped on bus and scanned everyones oysters. I gave them my adult oyster (which had money on) and because it wasn't the oyster I used to get on the bus with they said they had to confiscate it and give me a fine. Luckily, the officer was a nice guy and I made up some excuse that I was wearing my mates jacket and had accidentally used his oyster. He said that I may be able to appeal.

tldr; £25 fine for using wrong oyster card (increased to £50 on the 18th) should I appeal or is it not worth it? I might lose the appeal and have to pay double...

HELP!

*edit

never mind.

what?

nothing

BEST NOT TO APPEAL. TFL ARE stnuc.

nicenice wrote:BEST NOT TO APPEAL. TFL ARE stnuc.

Thats what I thought. I heard that they only take notice of appeals when an officer made a mistake and in my case I made the 'mistake'

Happened few years back, paid it straight.
Normally quite an awkward company, unless your in the club
..Been trying to get in for ages

what the fuck is an oyster? must be some british thing... you guys have much cooler slang than americans...

EDIT: I am enlightened
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_card

Phigure wrote: you guys have much cooler slang than americans...

EDIT: I am enlightened
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_card

Still true though.

ketamine wrote:

Phigure wrote: you guys have much cooler slang than americans...

EDIT: I am enlightened
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_card

Still true though.

yeah, I think so. I wish i could stay stuff like "quid" around here. It just seems like such a FUN word to say...

Phigure wrote:

ketamine wrote:

Phigure wrote: you guys have much cooler slang than americans...

EDIT: I am enlightened
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_card

Still true though.

yeah, I think so. I wish i could stay stuff like "quid" around here. It just seems like such a FUN word to say...

LOL

KWID PISS

Coppola wrote:Got a £25 fine from TFL. I had an oyster on me, but borrowed my friend Robin's child oyster to get on bus for free. Unfortunately TFL officers jumped on bus and scanned everyones oysters. I gave them my adult oyster (which had money on) and because it wasn't the oyster I used to get on the bus with they said they had to confiscate it and give me a fine. Luckily, the officer was a nice guy and I made up some excuse that I was wearing my mates jacket and had accidentally used his oyster. He said that I may be able to appeal.

tldr; £25 fine for using wrong oyster card (increased to £50 on the 18th) should I appeal or is it not worth it? I might lose the appeal and have to pay double...

HELP!

mate i don't understand why you would use some1s childs oyster card to get a free ride when you had money on ya own card
i mean how much would you have stood to save? bout 2quid? hmmmmmmmmmm i thinks not in a muggy way but you derserve the fine in my opinion.
that said i do think they should at least give ya 3 strikes each time just making you paying the cost of the journey then on or after the 3rd then fine ya.
fingers crossed on not having to pay the fine.
if you get away with it then you shoukld use that £25 to either get pissed or buy a lil tart for an hour or so

Yo batman pay dat fine bitch

pay and appeal.

How to fuck can they double the fine if you appeal? That's a load of shit, the whole point of appealing it to appeal, and explain your side of the story, they listen, and worst thing that can happen is they'll make you pay the fine, they CANNOT increase the fine, that's ludicrous!

dubstepper wrote:

Coppola wrote:Got a £25 fine from TFL. I had an oyster on me, but borrowed my friend Robin's child oyster to get on bus for free. Unfortunately TFL officers jumped on bus and scanned everyones oysters. I gave them my adult oyster (which had money on) and because it wasn't the oyster I used to get on the bus with they said they had to confiscate it and give me a fine. Luckily, the officer was a nice guy and I made up some excuse that I was wearing my mates jacket and had accidentally used his oyster. He said that I may be able to appeal.

tldr; £25 fine for using wrong oyster card (increased to £50 on the 18th) should I appeal or is it not worth it? I might lose the appeal and have to pay double...

HELP!

mate i don't understand why you would use some1s childs oyster card to get a free ride when you had money on ya own card
i mean how much would you have stood to save? bout 2quid? hmmmmmmmmmm i thinks not in a muggy way but you derserve the fine in my opinion.
that said i do think they should at least give ya 3 strikes each time just making you paying the cost of the journey then on or after the 3rd then fine ya.
fingers crossed on not having to pay the fine.
if you get away with it then you shoukld use that £25 to either get pissed or buy a lil tart for an hour or so

you mad
fuck paying for travel, get that shit fo freeeeeeeee

yea thats what i plan to do when i get back london, aloloooooow payin that much for travel, to be fair if you get fined 25 pound its prolly way less then what you saved using the child card

Phigure wrote:what the fuck is an oyster? must be some british thing...

OI STAAAR