Pirated EZ Link Cards Popping Up after Price Increase

kopiosatu SG

by Yocool Chicken

A pirated version of the EZ Link card has started circulating in the market after the original company, EZ Link Private Limited, increased its purchase cost. The pirated version of the EZ Link card is rumoured to be quite popular with Singaporeans.

Said a commuter, Mr Buay Pai Seh, "Aiyah, who cares whether pirated or not? Can use, okay leow..."

When asked where he got his card, Mr Buay answered, "Aiyah, I think abailable at all leading pirated CD/VCD stores, or bus interchange. Very cheap, 5 dollars only... some more got free gift... They give you S$20 inside, FREE!"

As the TalkingCock reporting team went down to take a look, they confirmed that these pirated EZ Link Cards were selling like hot cakes, even better than pirated VCDs.

Said Pirated EZ Link seller, Mr Pai Le Ted, "Aiyoh! All my EZ Link Kard, ah, sell like Mehdonner w[/i]horecakes, man! Solid! Compatible with all EZ Link top up, ah. Our technology is so powderful, even the staff also donno, leh!"

However, EZ Link Private Limited spokesman Mr Boh Tan Lui, denied that commuters will be able to use these pirated EZ Link Cards in the future. "We'll be starting a donno what Activation System. Like the Windows XP, like that, but a bit the different. Must activate before using."

When asked how this is to be done, Mr Boh explained, "You must bring it to any Transitlink Office, tell them to verify. They'll check, and send a code to the system. Then they will print a receipt, ask you to fill in, and ask you to wait for fifteen days. Then you must call the hotline and then they will tell you the code number. You must log in to our TransitLink office website, enter the code and purchase a EZ Link machine to insert your EZ Link and it will activate for you."

Mr Boh assured that all this will take no less than 1 month. However he added, "For all this procedures, we need to increase our cost. So, in the future commuters will need to pay S$20 in admin costs for a S$5 fare card."

The Land Transport Authority declined to give any comments, but then said they were just talking cock. "We'll never approve that. At most, we'll only let them increase the cost from S$15 to S$19.99, and fare usage will be upped to S$5.01."

from www.talkingcock.com

Parka SG

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I think if there are really pirated EZ link cards, the vendors will get it really jia lat jia lat.

eyelash curler SG

sooner or later, pp will come out with all ways to siam ezlink. now already got pp doing all sorts of funny things. like boarding the bus, tap ezlink at entrance, then walk to the exit door and tap ezlink again. this kind of so obvious thing they also can do.

Nothingie SG

pple oso need to "recover the cost of the cards" mah... Mr. Green
if not later, their transport cost increase, then they need to ask for wage increase, then their companies need to increase their prices, then will pass on to the consumers. so to avoid passing the costs unfairly to the general public, they'll haf to "recover their costs" from the transport companies...

thomas_the_devils SG

aiya ..if to do one lar ..veri easy lar…juz need to decode the magnetic code on the ezlink card lor…....

MooKu SG

Mad

I still think it's very unfair for them to impose the costs of the extra EZ link cards on us. We didn't ask them to produce so many.. and they should've estimated better... Confused Mad

798 SG

Now i really hope that pirated EZ Link Cards really existed. Hopefully can add more wounds to the EZ Links Company. Twisted Evil

Temujin SG

They can just change the cost in the blink of an eye Question

The public transport fares keeps going up and the level of service is still the same.

It's kind of odd to see people cooking on TV in the bus while you're standing try to get home in one piece.

The cutting of bus route so that people will take the NEL route.

dumbdumb! SG

hard to take the article seriously

kopiosatu SG

ello, read the last line in the topic

eyelash curler SG

Originally posted by Temujin:
They can just change the cost in the blink of an eye

The public transport fares keeps going up and the level of service is still the same.

It's kind of odd to see people cooking on TV in the bus while you're standing try to get home in one piece.

[b]The cutting of bus route so that people will take the NEL route.[/b]

the deleting of those buses really makes everyone. inconvenient. the stations are so far away. although it's true that journey will be faster. but i still think that taking the buses is more logical.

danialnoordin SG

Pirated ones may be cheapo but they may not be of good quality at the end of the day, so I suggest ya all keep to the originals.

sgboy2004 SG

I wonder how many pple here actually think that there is really a pirated version of the ezlink card?

kopiosatu SG

blardi hell ppl here have no sense of humour

xavier1979 SG

Laughing

oldbreadstinks SG

i thought it was funny

even thought it was real until i reached the few bottom lines Surprised

kopiosatu SG

here u go winjammer... check out the replies Laughing

windjammer SG

any equipments to measure the degree of stupidity? Laughing Twisted Evil

kopiosatu SG

with the SG education system... dun think we can use exam results as a guide...