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Did you have to sign for it using the driver's Van key because he didn't have the special touch pen?boxythingy wrote: Anyway mine came just then:
As you have to sign for it, they wouldn't leave it in the letterbox if nobody was home to receive it.mubd wrote:Do they knock on your door or just leave the thing at the letterbox?
Knock. I'm in Campbelltown, assuming it's the same person and they left straight away around 3:00pm, they should get back into the inner city area by 4:00pmmubd wrote:Do they knock on your door or just leave the thing at the letterbox?
I think we got the same courier.abesty wrote: Did you have to sign for it using the driver's Van key because he didn't have the special touch pen?
I know someone who lives at Kirribilli, so I could theoretically use my card although that would mean paying for MyZone+Opal fares. If they were smarter, perhaps the Opal staff could have actually approached people as stated here:mubd wrote:I can imagine the Opal people thought that most deliveries were going to be made within a few kms of the city, but it may have turned out that everyone who approached the Opal people caught the ferry for the express purpose of getting the card, resulting in their courier fees going sky high, once it's realised that most people live nowhere near the ferries...
and requested some ID prior to filling in the forms. I wouldn't be too happy if they forced me to give up my card thoughhttp://opal.com.au/ wrote:Opal card team members will be directly approaching customers on the ferry to ask them if they’d like to participate
What card would you have to give up???I wouldn't be too happy if they forced me to give up my card though
The terms and conditions state that the card remains property of TfNSW. Although, that's what they said for the Tcard too.Fleet Lists wrote:What card would you have to give up???I wouldn't be too happy if they forced me to give up my card though
Gordon Ramsay* Sorry forgot to mute itmoa999 wrote:Thanks boxything.
I had to mute Jamie Oliver in the background.
Although, if the Youtube copyright audio detection system works it might mute it for me anyway.Call the hotline, it works now.mubd wrote:The courier didn't end up coming for me.
Not so distant in the past...abesty wrote:With Opal on the way in, here is a lookback at the flyer for the introduction of the "futuristic" magnetic ticker barriers:
If the crowding can be managed properly, I'm definitely not against low fare PT (not completely free of charge in order to avoid people making unnecessary trips).simonl wrote:^ Why don't we just make fares free then, if it doesn't matter how much farebox recovery we get.
I don't know but this change meant that the recovery was redistributed away from those living more sustainable lifestyles by living closer to where they work.stupid_girl wrote:How much has the government recovered the cost of road construction from road users?
I'm still waiting for a reasonable comment on what the advantage of MyZone was besides getting privates (+Newcastle Buses) into the Travelpass/MyMulti system?
Sydney begins ticketing trial after 16-year wait
Sixteen years after it was first promised for Sydney, electronic ticketing on public transport has finally become a reality.
The trial of the Opal Card begins today on the Neutral Bay to Circular Quay ferry service.
Once it is fully operational in 2015, commuters will be able to transfer easily between rail, bus, light rail and ferry services.
The Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian says 200 people will take part in the trial.
"We want to make sure we get it right which is why we're starting on this route," she said.
"The obviously next year we'll also be doing it on all the ferry routes and then we'll also start it on trains next year.
"But we need to make sure we iron out any glitches in the system. We need to make sure we've got it right in terms of customer information."
Trent Zimmerman from the Tourism and Transport Forum says the card will encourage greater use of public transport and make the system simpler to use for visitors.
"When you come to a city for the first time, navigating a new public transport system is always difficult," he said.
"The fact that you will be able to have one card that gets you onto every form of public transport (and) automatically deducts the fares will make it so much simpler for people visiting Sydney for the first time."