Re: [Melb] Cheap train fares dumped

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Paul McCabe" <*@0.com> wrote in message
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> David Lindstrom <D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> > Connex spokeswoman Felecia Marianai said: "There are too many different
> > types of tickets. As a user you wouldn't know which one was most
effective
> > for you. So what we've decided to do is rationalise the tickets.
>
> How the f@#k would Connex know if people are confused with the ticketing
> system?  Have they asked anybody?

And if they're proposing to introduce new fares instead, it's not really
rationalisation, is it...

> > "If you look at it from the perspective of any retailer, you cannot
> continue
> > to keep products on your shelf that aren't moving," she said.
>
> Welcome to privatisation.

A retailer cannot expect to sell the products on their shelf if they don't
tell anybody they're available or what they do.


Daniel
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