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Re: Another example of lack of thought in MetCard

Subject: Re: Another example of lack of thought in MetCard
From: Bill Bolton <billbolton@computer.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 11:54:57 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au)
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"Sam Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Well, there is no law about not BUYING a ticket for someone else, just not
> using a ticket after someone else has used it...

That seems a very ill thought-through limitation when the fare system
is based on zones and time based validity, not on journeys.  It
certainly attacks one of the attractions for an occasional user buying
a multi-ride ticket.

No wonder Melbourne has so much trouble getting passengers to buy and
validate tickets

Cheers,

Bill

Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia

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