Originally posted by ice_jas:
actually i only heard of this 'confiscation of easylink' after i
graduated from JC. my friend's card was confiscated due to the fact
that she tried to pay 55cents but was caught. she shed her tears on
the bus immediately as it was not only a normall EZLINK card but a
pass with her pri sch photo which accompanied her sec and JC
years.
I understand that its painful to see your cute face on the
ezlink card being taken away... its like your childhood pillow sent
to the dustbin or something... However, emotions aside but the fact
is that after the concession validity, you are required to pay your
bus fare in full adult fare, not the normal 55 cents. By paying 55
cents when your card isnt valid is actually an abuse of the system.
I believe your friend know that her concession validity expired and
she herself is no longer a student, so why pay 55 cents?
Originally posted by ice_jas:
and well, i just met with this incident recently when my easylink
card ran out of money and apparently i paid 55cents out of norm.
the uncle demanded me to tap the card n i tapped. IT's TRUE THAT i
paid money because my ezlink card got no credits! but he said that
he need to take the card as i had already tapped and the card needs
to be sent to don't-know where for some don't-know what purposes.
Okay, i realised it was my fault hence i said i pay the 90cents. i
tried to 'bargain' with him if i could keep my card but he says
cannot. But he added that i can get back my card in a few days. So
oh well i gave it to him, despite feeling pissed, stupid and lost.
The point here is that, I'm not unhappy with the fact that the
uncle don't want to return me my ezlink card, but, should they
confiscated a ezlink card just like that?
I understand that your sec/jc ezlink card does not have money,
but the fact that based on the assumption that you know that your
sec/jc ezlink card does not enjoy concession fares anymore and now
functions as an adult ezlink card has led to the confiscation of
the ezlink card by driver. That's because you initially put 55
cents in the coin box. Even if you top up to 90 cents is useless.
The fact is, you abused the system.
Dont ask me why but some drivers are like that though i never
encountered any driver who kindly let you top up to 90 cents and
let you off. If such drivers do exist, wouldnt that increase the
possibility of you cheating another 55 cents on another trip?
So guys, next time if you want to play cheat, drop 55 cents first
and see if the driver would demand to see your ezlink card. If
never, you lucky. If got, then give a stupid excuse like "oh yah i
not student le" and guai guai top up to 90 cents 
DONT show your sec/jc
ezlink card!!
Originally posted by ice_jas:
To students who Don't bring I/C around, isn't this ezlink card with
a photo and i/c number equivalent to a i/c? and should we give our
'i/c' to anyone just like that if they demand for it? what if
something happens and we need an easylink card to verify our
identification? this is such an inefficient way of 'updating' the
system. why not they just 'lock' the card and says that i'm
supposed to go to some stations to register and to unlock otherwise
i can't use my card?
Confiscation of bus card/normal fare card or what is not as
problematic as confiscation of a student's pass. Actually just
wanted to rant my thoughts here, and hopefully someone will
enlighten me.
Just bring your i/c la.. its only another card. You wont die
though i understand younger people tend to lose the i/c easily
that's why they revised the age from 12 to 15.
As for locking the ezlink card, it actually would lead to greater
costs in producing an adult ezlink card just for you when your
current card can actually function as one. As you know now the
first generation ezlink cards are expiring soon and they are trying
to extend the validity of the adult ezlink card so that the company
would not waste resources to replace them unnecessarily.
I hope you understand what i've just said. If you still have any
queries feel free to reply.
Cheers 
