Night Owls Chatterboxes - Part LXXI

last SG · 2009-09-22T21:52:08+00:00

i dont blame her..i mean thats prob the only way she'll get famous or infamous and maybe some income..who knows,her masterplan could be to ultimately become...

Kuali Baba SG

I got a crazy reply over GIRO-link transaction. ez-link now charging 25c per GIRO card top up transaction

Saying it's a premium service

Pardon my language, but premium service my arse. Transitlink was able to provide it for free, and thankfully they still handle student concessions. Why must a different company take care of this new EZlink card? Why is all this shit is being forced down our throats?

sbst275 SG

I need to dig out some info over how they can make a biz from retail (non transit) usage first before looking at wat's going on on a macro scale.

anyway some logic dun make sense in operational terms too

zoragirl SG

good evening...

news said sumatra earthquake - reading at 7.9

fudgester SG

Actually, what is the advantage of the CEPAS card over ordinary ezlink?

zoragirl SG

I am worried for LF......

She is in sumatra now - the area where earthquake struck

Meia Gisborn SG

good evening...

news said sumatra earthquake - reading at 7.9

Good evening.

I was reading that people in Singapore felt the tremors. Any reports of damage and/or injuries?

Meia Gisborn SG

I am worried for LF......

She is in sumatra now - the area where earthquake struck

Yikes! I hope she's alright...

sbst275 SG

Actually, what is the advantage of the CEPAS card over ordinary ezlink?

Actually would rather say in e long run would be CEPAS standard card. It's macham e SOP for contactless and cashless transaction software platform from 2009

sbst275 SG

So use GIRO-link would mean 25c surcharge per transaction.. next yr, ATM basis top up mean 20c surcharge per transaction

So wat's next? NETS surcharge at GTM?

Meia Gisborn SG

So use GIRO-link would mean 25c surcharge per transaction.. next yr, ATM basis top up mean 20c surcharge per transaction

So wat's next? NETS surcharge at GTM?

Well, the banks have to make their money somehow, and what better way than nickel and diming their customers to death?

sbst275 SG

Well, the banks have to make their money somehow, and what better way than nickel and diming their customers to death?

GIRO was something meant to make our life better w/o carrying much money around. Seems like they wanna bring Singapore back to the 1980s

Ahh... I remember e days of SBS buses being OMTS and those black coin changing machine provided by SBS

zoragirl SG

Good evening.

I was reading that people in Singapore felt the tremors. Any reports of damage and/or injuries?

in singapore - no injuries but lots of people evacuating from building.

in indonesia - no reports yet!

udontknowme SG

oh no =\

hope LF is fine...

sbst275 SG

LF went to Indo?

Kuali Baba SG

Actually, what is the advantage of the CEPAS card over ordinary ezlink?

There isn't really one aside from the ability to use it to pay ERP charges and top it up at ATMs for a fee.

the Bear SG

Well, the banks have to make their money somehow, and what better way than nickel and diming their customers to death?

don't all banks nickel and dime their way to huge profits?

Kuali Baba SG

So use GIRO-link would mean 25c surcharge per transaction.. next yr, ATM basis top up mean 20c surcharge per transaction

So wat's next? NETS surcharge at GTM?

If that happens, someone will suffer a broken nose when I return from the states.

the Bear SG

If that happens, someone will suffer a broken nose when I return from the states.

pray tell who?

and we will lend our support by kicking him when he's down too

sbst275 SG

If that happens, someone will suffer a broken nose when I return from the states.

I think I PM you on things I dug out

Anyway looks like I'm going to write another letter of salvo over this squeezing of moola issue and maybe we can stop using cashless method, go crowd e poor machine and use notes and coins

Meia Gisborn SG

don't all banks nickel and dime their way to huge profits?

That, they certainly do.

I keep getting notices from my bank about new and/or increased charges for their services. The one that really got me steaming was a new fee of $3 if you wanted your monthly bank statement mailed to you instead of accessing it online.

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