Re: (Vic) New Metcard Yearly Ticket

[B61 <jamesfell@umpire.com>]

In article <B4C9F519.1BD3%fshand@bigfoot.com>,
  Francis Shand <fshand@bigfoot.com> wrote:
I don't know why they changed them to a metcard cos the other pass was
quicker and easier to use. I'm using last year's one until the day it
expires. I've used the metcard just 3 times and it's already getting
tatty in my wallet.

> I recently got my new student yearly ticket - now in the form of a
metcard.
> It was however, simply a normal paper metcard. I don't understand how
it is
> expected to last for a whole year.
>
> Does anyone know what happened to the proximity cards that were
supposed to
> exist?
>
> For now, I am just showing it to the attendants at the gates as I
would have
> done with the old one. I dare not put it in the machines - I can just
> imagine them chewing up my $288 worth of ticket.
>
> Francis Shand
> Camberwell, Vic
>
>


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