Re: Metcard

["Johann Fan" <yags@geocities.com>]

Daniel Bowen wrote in message <6etip1$4ku$2@eplet.mira.net.au>...
>Chris Gordon <c.gordon@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au.#> wrote:
>>Today, my dad's ticket was eaten by a validator.  I advise all people not
to use the
>>validators as they have a good habit of eating tickets.  Yes you can get a
refund
>>but after one week of sending the form I still have not heard anything
from them.
>
>Chris,
>
>Do you think it's purely because of the age of the ticket (eg going in and
out
>of machines for weeks had started to cause wear and tear) or the
unreliability
>of the machines?

I think its mostly the ticket thats wearing out, or the stripe being written
wrong or something. But when it takes ur ticket, its definitely the
validator.

>I think they really need to replace tickets for longer terms than Weeklies
with
>something more sturdy... roll on Met-XPress!

and to think we'll be waiting forever... considering this is taking so
long....

cheers Johann