Re: New logic on Metcard

["Michael" <mk@netstra.com.au>]

I liked Metcard before i became a frequent user too. I have to use it 6 days
a week now and im really wishing we could go back to the easy way, paper
tickets. There was nothing wrong with them, there was less fare evasion.

You dont live in Melbourne, so how the hell would you know? Youre a tourist.
Therefore you have not got the right to make something that you dont know
look good when in reality it isnt.

m.


David Proctor wrote in message <7c74u9$7ld$1@news.mel.aone.net.au>...
>John Wayman wrote in message ...
>>I agree with you Chris.
>>
>>Metcard periodical tickets are prone to failure after a week or so.
>>
>>Metcard express is obviously still in the too hard basket, and old style
>>(i.e.  not requiring validation) student concession tickets have been
>issued
>>again this year. Employee passes are also non validate style tickets.
>
>I still cannot understand why they have not adopted the plastic coated
>tickets that Sydney has in the interim, until the get Xpress up and
>running - the plastic coating ensures the printing is still legible, and
>also makes it more robust (for when you constantly put it in validators and
>gates).
>
>>Why should weekly and monthly ticket holders still go through hell with
the
>>existing Metcard system?
>
>Oh you poor people - it really is HELL isn't it, to have to get your wallet
>out, get the ticket out, and put it in a validator. You had to get your
>ticket out when conductors were around - what is the difference?
>
>When I was in Melbourne in January and was travelling like a commuter (2
>trams to work in the morning, a tram to the city around lunch, tram back
>after lunch, 2 trams home) during the week and like a tourist on days off,
>using a weekly ticket, I did not experience a single problem over the
>fortnight.
>
>>Metcard is destroying the loyalty of many otherwise happy users of public
>>transport.
>
>Only because they are too "precious".
>
>DaveP
>
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