Re: Melbourne - Metcard validation before every trip

[John Cleverdon <clev@omni.com.au>]

Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:

> dbowen@custard.net.#SPAMTRAP#.au (Daniel Bowen) writes:
>
> >By the way, more suburban station "big" machines now seem to have
> MetCard 10
> >available. I bought one from North Brighton last week.
>
> Has there been any word on the MetCrud Express yet?
>
> Validating before every journey is driving me _insane_...
>

 There is a way around this... after getting a small crease in my
monthly ticket, the validators rejected it. I then applied
(successfully!) for a refund, and looked for a better way. Apparently,
you can still buy the "old style" tickets, but only at a limited number
of outlets (Met Shops, and some other Met ticket outlets). I bought an
old-style monthly (from the Met Shop in the city, _and_ laminated free
of charge), and thus no longer have to worry about validating Metcards -
at least for the time being.

John
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