Re: Met Automated Ticketing

David Proctor (daproc@bigfoot.com)
3 Feb 1998 03:06:10 GMT

Matthew Geier <matthew@sleeper.apana.org.au> wrote in article
<6b1aok$1or$1@sleeper.apana.org.au>...
> dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage) writes:
>
> >Mike Alexander (malex@bigfoot.com) wrote:
> >>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?
>
> >I think the minimum amount you can transfer by EFTPOS is $1.50.
>
> It is upto the retailer and the banks. Ive seen a 50c EFT transaction
> made at a supermarket. (Not a sale, but to prove the terminal was
working...)
>

When McDonalds at Pitt and Park Sts in Sydney had EFTPOS terminals, all I
had was a $100 note, so I paid for my 30c ice-cream cone on EFTPOS - no
problems!

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David Proctor
daproc@bigfoot.com