Any Londoner here that wants my unused Oyster card?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I have somewhere between 1 and 4 Oyster cards that I think have about a £20 balance on each of them. I know I have 1 because it’s in my wallet. My wife probably still has hers and my SIL and niece might still have theirs. If you want it (them), just reply to this thread and PM me your address and I’ll mail you what I can get my hands on. Free of charge. No strings attached. First come, first served.

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You might find more takers among people nearer you who are planning to visit here. Among locals contactless debit/credit cards and phone pay devices are superseding Oyster, at a rate of knots (for myself, I 'm old enough to benefit from a free pass anyway).

I know from travel-related messageboards that there are people who are reluctant to bring out their bankcards, or may not have contactless ones, so there may be interest there. But whoever takes your Oysters will most likely have to ask a station attendant to reactivate them and check the balance (unless you’ve registered them and can check online), so they’re not going to save much time using yours.

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I’m planning on visiting London in October, but was planning on using my contactless credit card.
Besides, mailing them to Minnesota would not be cheap.

Brian

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When I left London last, I left my active oystercard (this was many years ago now) on the ticket machine at Heathrow, expecting someone to benefit from some free travel.

If I were you, I’d hand them over to homeless or low-income jobseekers.

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Why would they need to be reactivated? I wasn’t thinking someone would use them and then top them off, more along the lines of use them until the balance was gone.

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I’m in Oklahoma. It would only cost me a stamp.

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I wish I had done that but it’s too late now. When I left Australia, I just gave them to someone that was at the ticket machine.

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We’re headed over in November, that’s our plan too.

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By the way – the Oyster cars worked great. Used one to get form LHR to Greenwich
Used the other one to take a water bus from Canary Wharf to Westminster – saw a lot of touristy things (Tower bridge Big ben Tower, London Eye, etc).
Then used the first one to got from Westminster to Baker Street (museum was closed, but did knock at 221B) and back to my hotel near LHR and then to Liverpool Street the next day.

Thanks again!
Brian

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Thanks for the update! I’m glad it worked out for you.