Re: Re: Melbourne's free tram zone - time to go
  Andrew C

Thanks Mick. We'll buy them at the airport before heading for Roma Street.

Andrew.

On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 at 11:39, tramdude@...> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,

>

> It is still GoCard in SE Qld as they are still working on getting other

> payment systems implemented.

>

> See

> https://translink.com.au/about-translink/projects-and-initiatives/smart-ticketing

>

> Cheers,

>

> Mick in Brisbane

>

>

>

> *From:*tramsdownunder@... tramsdownunder@...> *On

> Behalf Of *Andrew C

> *Sent:* Saturday, 30 July 2022 8:56 PM

> *To:*tramsdownunder@...

> *Subject:* Re: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Melbourne's free tram zone - time to

> go

>

>

>

> I fully agree with you Yuri. One place where I buy coffee when I am out

> for a stroll lists coffee at $4.50. That will be $4.50 thanks Sir. On the

> screen is the price of $4.57. An extra 7 cents won't send me to penury, but

> it is just so annoying. I would think at this cafe 95% of customers pay by

> card. Make my coffee $4.60 and no surcharge and I will be happy. Of course

> there are the places where it is impractical to pay by cash such as

> theatre tickets and airline bookings, so you are charged a booking fee.

> Being charged extra to book a ticket is weird. How can we see a show or fly

> if we don't book? It is something our Australian Competition and Consumer

> Commision really needs to look at.

>

>

>

> The issue of visitors to Victoria without a Myki card will be solved if we

> can soon use a credit card to pay the normal Myki charge for our public

> transport, as happens in London. No nonsense of an upfront charge for Myki

> card. No bother about where to find somewhere to buy a Myki upon arrival at

> Melbourne Airport or So Cross Station. I think our new Vix card reading

> machines are everywhere now except for the slow roll out on trams.

>

>

>

> With a visit to Brisbane and Gold Coast next month and use trains, perhaps

> buses and Gold Coast trams, perhaps the machines there can read

> credit/debit cards? If not, it will be a Go Card at the airport.

>

>

>

> Andrew.

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>

>

> On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 at 23:23, Yuri Sos trams4me@...> wrote:

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> On 29 July 2022 9:39:15 pm "Noel Forster" noelmel@...> wrote:

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> At Whiteman Park, we are still in the 20th century with cash only. How

> hard can it be to get an EFTPOS machine? Allegedly very hard.

>

>

>

> Lurching wildly off topic here but you've pushed one of my hot buttons:.

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>

>

> I call BS on that. Stop pandering to old f*rts.

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>

> Get a "Square" - contactless payment, flat 1.9% on Visa, MasterCard, Amex

> so you don't have to discriminate card holders and p*ss them off - bump up

> your prices by 2% so that there's no aggravating surcharge and the

> troglodytes that haven't moved into the 21st century can still pay cash.

> Make payments easy simple and trauma free.

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>

> Over here in the east, EVERY stallholder at farmers' markets uses a

> Square, from the big meat/vege stalls down to the one-table stalls.

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> Plus much less cash handling with all the security and auditing issues it

> entails.

>

> Most people don't want to carry cash or don't have enough cash to spend on

> the merchandise at the gift shop at the end of their visit. Accepting

> credit card payments means that people will spend more (100% guaranteed

> because they don't hand over cash) which will only assist the

> organisation's profit and staying in business a little longer.

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>

> A little while ago I ate at a popular restaurant in South Melbourne, At

> the end of the meal the proprietor presented the bill and then proceeded to

> say if we want to pay by Visa or Amex there would be a 2% surcharge. I

> challenged him on it saying "why do you put a <redacted> surcharge on which

> only annoys people?". He said "I know people don't like a surcharge but

> about 90% of my my clients pay with credit card so I have to put a

> surcharge on the menu items.".

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>

>

> Aaargh! You muppet! (I didn't say that to him).

>

>

>

> I did say "Put your delicious $26.95 seafood risotto up to $27.50:

> no-one will notice or even care, and you can get rid of the surcharge that

> leaves a sour taste at the end of a fine meal and....... bonus you make an

> extra 2% on the <10% that pay by cash."

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> People don't know or care about 2%.

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> </end rant>

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>

> Yuri

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> (sorry Mal......... but then I'll bet more people use cards at the shop at

> Hawthorn Museum)

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