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Southeastern Railway charge me £20 penalty fare

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  • Gordon_Hose
    Gordon_Hose Posts: 6,259 Forumite
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    Just saying...
  • giraffe69
    giraffe69 Posts: 3,613 Forumite
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    I have found a way to beat the system i have worked out i will save some money by skipping instead of paying for my rail journey with no consequences.

    Hands up all those who are looking forward to the day when this scheme hits the buffers!
  • Just saying...

    you appear to always want the last word and have resorted to petty name calling in calling myself and candy trolls. a sign of someone who has lost the argument and cant admit it and is clutching at straws. but ill leave you now to have the last word
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  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,683 Forumite
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    you appear to always want the last word and have resorted to petty name calling in calling myself and candy trolls. a sign of someone who has lost the argument and cant admit it and is clutching at straws. but ill leave you now to have the last word


    Can I have the last word? You are both trolls prob both the same troll
  • missile
    missile Posts: 11,806 Forumite
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    I despise people who turn up late and hold up the queue. Pay up and stop whinging
    "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
    Ride hard or stay home :iloveyou:
  • spikejrt
    spikejrt Posts: 161 Forumite
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    ilovecandy wrote: »
    no not the whole world, just the train companies when they increased their fares above inflation when we are in the middle of a recession.
    What do you have to say for supermarkets who's prices increase by a hell of alot more than the average 5.9% increase for 2012?
    I have found a way to beat the system i have worked out i will save some money by skipping instead of paying for my rail journey with no consequences.
    Mark my words, you won't get away with it forever - end of story. At some point someone, somewhere will decide to pursue it further.
    you like travelling by rail? you must travel first class as in standard there are no toilets, rarely seats, chewing gum on the seats and dirty chairs. Also as an employee of the rail company you travel for free......
    I don't know what route you travel on but the routes I travel on are on time, clean, have plenty of seats, toilets etc etc.

    And no, I don't work for the rail industry so I have to pay like everyone else.
  • photome wrote: »
    Can I have the last word? You are both trolls prob both the same troll

    Wow, to be accused of being a troll because I dare insult your beloved railway is laughable... you keep saying the same thing.. if we are trolls surely you are a parrot.
  • ilovecandy
    ilovecandy Posts: 60 Forumite
    edited 14 January 2012 at 6:46PM
    spikejrt wrote: »
    What do you have to say for supermarkets who's prices increase by a hell of alot more than the average 5.9% increase for 2012?

    Your point is terrible with supermarkets we have choice, they are a symbol of free-market economics and capitalism. With supermarkets I go to either Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury, Costcutter and take advantage of low prices and buy one get one free offers. With the train company there is one price, one service and no competitiveness. Comparing The train company to our Supermarkets is a terrible comparison... but that is exactly what i would expect from you.
    spikejrt wrote: »
    Mark my words, you won't get away with it forever - end of story. At some point someone, somewhere will decide to pursue it further.

    Wow I didn't realise you were a psychic. Did you look into a crystal ball to make that prediction? Or are you just scaremongering to put people of skipping the train? My point is tickets are now so expensive it's time to start skipping.
    spikejrt wrote: »
    I don't know what route you travel on but the routes I travel on are on time, clean, have plenty of seats, toilets etc etc.
    I suggest going to Specsavers the way you have just described our train network is indicative of blindness.
    spikejrt wrote: »
    And no, I don't work for the rail industry so I have to pay like everyone else.

    Actually they don't have to pay. They and a member of their family travel for free... do you want to know the reason they travel for free? It's because if they had to pay it would be to expensive for them to get to work as it is for the rest of us. Bring back capitalism and lets get some competition with rail prices.
  • ilovecandy
    ilovecandy Posts: 60 Forumite
    edited 14 January 2012 at 6:56PM
    giraffe69 wrote: »
    Hands up all those who are looking forward to the day when this scheme hits the buffers!

    Thanks a lot I am glad to have someone who supports my scheme and is even putting his hands up for it. By "hits the buffers" I assume you mean it explodes and becomes a scheme adopted nationally by all rail commuters? lol.
  • missile wrote: »
    I despise people who turn up late and hold up the queue. Pay up and stop whinging

    Nobody said anything about turning up late and holding up the queue... i think you must be in the wrong forum.
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