Re: [Vic] Metcard Ad

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

"Ben" <smithb@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
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> According to MX today the campaign is to "encourage commuters to pre
> purchase their tickets form retailers." Now that I think about it all the
> Metcards shown in the T.V. ad are retail versions with the information on
> front. There is no suggestion to pre purchase them though.
>
> The artical goes on to saythat the companies began the campaign to "make
> tickets more accessible and reduce the reliance on automated ticket
> machines". How can anything be automated if it doesn't work? Unless they
all
> dont work together that is.

I told a work colleague that you can pre-purchase your ticket at the station
machine (presuming it's working) the night before, and he was genuinely
surprised.


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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