Re: Met Automated Ticketing
Johann Fan (yags@geocities.com)
Mon, 2 Feb 1998 12:13:55 +1100
Mike Alexander wrote in message <01bd2ed9$c2c9fc00$01010101@mikeya>...
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>Brian Evans <bevans@omni.com.au> wrote in article
><6b0keq$gj5@inferno.mpx.com.au>...
>> I attempted to buy a MET ticket for a trip into the city. I discovered
>after
>> approaching the machine the smallest note I had in my wallet was a $20.
>After
>> attempting to purchase a ticket, the machine told me the maximum amount
>of
>> change it could issue was $10. It would appear that the machines cannot
>issue
>> change if you buy a ticket under $10 and use a $20 note.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Brian
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>True, there is a sticker on all (most?) machines above the note acceptor
>which says "Maximum of $10 change".
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>I remember using the ticket machines in London last year when I lived
>there, which took up to 20-pound notes (approx $50), and would issue change
> up to any amount. They were ALWAYS running out of change. You could
>guarantee that by lunchtime there would be no change left in the machines.
>I assume that is why they have implemented the limit here. Also, as they
>were approaching the end of the change they would issue a stupendous number
>of 5p coins as change; sometimes 40 coins!! or more. This was almost as
>annoying as them being out of change.
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>I had the same problem as you, and ended up using EFTPOS to buy my $4.30
>daily ticket. It worked fine. Does anyone know if there is a minimum limit
>for EFTPOS? i.e. could I buy a 80 cent Rail+2 concession ticket using
>EFTPOS?
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>Regards,
>
>Mike Alexander
>(malex@bigfoot.com)
Someone at Glen Waverley Station told me that there was a minimum of $10 to
use EFTPOS on the machines. Obviously this isn't the case
cheers
Johann