Oyster card reclaiming - guide discussion

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Hi all,
We've written a new Oyster Card Reclaiming guide.
How did you find the info? Was it useful? Do you have any other tips you'd add?
Thanks for your help!
MSE Jenny
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Look forward to receiving my £17.00 in due course.
Mortgage free since 2014
I am required to sign up online ...
In order to sign up ...
I have to give details of the last journey made with the Oyster card – which must have been made within the last 8 weeks (but not today) ...
I have not made a journey in 8 months with the Oyster card – let alone 8 weeks ...
I am unable to sign up online ...
I am unable to reclaim ...
So far, not so good ...
For further assistance, I may contact TfL Customer Services on 0343 222 1234 (8am - 8pm) ...
No thank you ...
I am currently abroad – for most of my foreseeable future ...
So much for 60 seconds!
What on Earth for? So that you actually have to add money to the card next time you go back in order that you can use it?
For those of us that don't go to London regularly, it can be useful to have a card i.e. not need to purchase a new one up there, but not keep money on it because it's so rarely used. I'd like to do this too. But usually end up keeping £5-£10 on my card. Can sometimes go over a year between uses.
Extra income since 01/11/12 £36,546.45
Indeed, I'd only ever use it if I was staying overnight in London as I use Network Card discounted paper tickets for day trips. Not all my cards are contactless either so it would be a backup option.
Must be some technical limitation as to why they need to deactivate it after a refund from a ticket machine.