Re: Met Automated Ticketing
David Proctor (daproc@bigfoot.com)
3 Feb 1998 03:07:28 GMT
TB wrote in article <34d515b4.8962669@147.132.99.56>...
> 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 due to the maximum amount possible withdrawn out of electronic accounts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).
My banks daily electronic (EFTPOS or ATM) limit is $1500! I wish I had the
money there to take advantage of it.
--
Regards
David Proctor
daproc@bigfoot.com