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Re: [melb] yearly met cards

Subject: Re: [melb] yearly met cards
From: "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 10:59:04 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au)
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"Michael Hendy" <spam.sucks@bigpond.com> wrote in message
3AD41FE2.1050708@bigpond.com">news:3AD41FE2.1050708@bigpond.com...
> > Maybe I'm missing something, but why are they that expensive? Don't they
use
> > the same Smart technology as Telstra payphone cards? Those appear to be
dirt
> > cheap.
>
> Nearly all SmartCards use that or some varient thereof, and I honestly
> can't see Telstra making a loss on a $5 phonecard...

Exactly. They sell thousands of them every year. And they're disposable -
you can't "recharge" them. So how expensive can they be?


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/

References:
- [melb] yearly met cards
  - From: Jeremy Lunn <spammers-will-die@austux.net>
- Re: [melb] yearly met cards
  - From: Railvic <railvic@iprimus.com.au>
- Re: [melb] yearly met cards
  - From: "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>
- Re: [melb] yearly met cards
  - From: Michael Hendy <spam.sucks@bigpond.com>

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