>However, I am not going to use EFTPOS to purchase anything less than a
>weekly ticket, because I pay the government 30c for every withdrawal
>between $0 and $99, then 70c for withdrawals bwtween $100 and $499.
>This would mean that I would be paying $7.30 instead of $7 for a zone
>1&2 daily. Obviously I have to do my shopping at a supermarket and get
>money there, because I can ask for change. If I withdraw money from an
>automatic teller machine, I won't get anything smaller than a $20 note.
That's because you've got a cheque facility on your account. The above
tax is levied on ALL transactions were there is a cheque facility
regardless of your cheque usage. This tax is PER transaction, not
cumulative. It's known as Bank Accounts Debit Tax.
Remove your cheque facility and pay by alternative means. This will
save you heaps of money. Check with your institution, they'll tell you
more.
Apparently MetCards can be order via the MetCard hotline, chaged to a
credit card and home delivered. Anyone tried it?
Cheers,
Jason.
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Jason King
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
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