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.
>
>
>
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 at 23:23, Yuri Sos trams4me@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Gallery at https://tinyurl.com/trams4me
>
>
>
> On 29 July 2022 9:39:15 pm "Noel Forster" noelmel@...> wrote:
>
> 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:.
>
>
>
> I call BS on that. Stop pandering to old f*rts.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.".
>
>
>
> 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."
>
>
>
> People don't know or care about 2%.
>
>
>
> </end rant>
>
>
>
> Yuri
>
>
>
> (sorry Mal......... but then I'll bet more people use cards at the shop at
> Hawthorn Museum)
>
>
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