Re: [melb] yearly met cards

[Peter <railvic@iprimus.com.au>]

As this may have been mentioned previously, Metcards should not be
stored in plastic pockets, holders, etc., as plastic does "sweat" and
damages black magnetic strip.  That's the reason why only cardboard
holders are given to customers to store their Metcards.

Peter

Paul Hambleton wrote:
> 
> My son has a yearly Metcard which he uses mainly on buses and last year it
> survived all year with no problems. About the only thing left identifiable
> at the end of the 12 months was the magnetic strip but it still worked. He
> just kept it in a wallet.
> Paul H.
> "Alan Harper" <conufsed@area7.aussiegeek.net> wrote in message
> XaAC6.11240$W7.56028@news-server.bigpond.net.au">news:XaAC6.11240$W7.56028@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > In article <3AD3AB04.1010403@austux.net>, Jeremy Lunn wrote:
> > >I am just wondering if anyone knows what has happened to using smart
> > >cards for monthly, half yearly and yearly tickets?
> > >
> > >I got a student yearly ticket and it already doesn't work.  I've treated
> > >it with care and kept it safe in my wallet.  There are no obvious
> > >creases in it.  But it didn't even last one month.  Even with the thin
> > >layer of plastic in the middle (so I don't see how normal monthly
> > >tickets can last a week).
> > >
> > >Not even Telecom used paper phone cards.  They always used those plastic
> > >ones.  Well I don't remember paper ones anyway and I am pretty sure that
> > >they were newly introduced in the early 90s.
> > >
> > >So a plastic card would surely last much longer than a metcard.  But
> > >it's insane that they are using magnetic strips at all for anything more
> > >than weekly.
> > >
> > >How hard can it be to get smart card readers to work?
> > >
> >
> > I can't wait until Metcard Xpress is about, but I buy monthlies, and
> > don't have any problems with them at all. I found the trick is not to
> store
> > them in my wallet. I have a small pocket in my bag which works fine during
> > the week, and I only put it in my wallet if I'm doing out 'light' on the
> > weekends. My ticket is noticeably faded by the end of the month however.