Re: Met Automated Ticketing

TB@inferno.mpx.com.au
Mon, 02 Feb 1998 00:52:21 GMT

In our last episode <6b36kq$bm3@news.eisa.net.au> on Mon, 2 Feb 1998
12:13:55 +1100, Johann Fan told aus.rail:

>Mike Alexander wrote in message <01bd2ed9$c2c9fc00$01010101@mikeya>...
>>
>>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?
>>
>>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

It all depends on the merchant... some might stipulate "minimum" $10, some
$20, some $5. They might also stipulate a "minimum" cash-out. These ppl
want a realistic sale so they can genuinely absorb the transaction cost
(fees!) to them for having an EFT sale made.

The smallest possible EFT transaction can be $0.01. The largest is $400
due to the maximum amount possible withdrawn out of electronic accounts per
day, stipulated by the bank (although Commonwealth's limit per day is
$800).