Re: Trip to Melbourne
David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
7 Feb 1998 04:00:56 GMT
Dave McL (davemcl@iprolink.co.nz) wrote:
>Mike Alexander wrote:
>
>
>> Also, even if it was a human selling the tickets, and they refused to
>> accept your $100 note as payment for an 80 cent ticket (as would no doubt
>> happen), what would be the legality then?
>
>
>Er, given my experience of public transport in Australia, New Zealand and
>the UK, three countries where change is routinely given on board street
>public transport vehicles, the operator would be delighted to accept my
>$100 (or £100) note for an 80c (or 80p) fare.
>
>And give me the change in 20c and 50c (20p and 50p) pieces.
>
>They do this because it makes it so much easier to cash up at the end of
>their shift.
On the other side of the argument, a Spanish 20 peso coin is the same size
as an Australian $2 coin. I think an Irish 10p is the same size as a
German DM5 coin, too.
Cheers
David