For me, what I do now is whenever I know I'll be passing by a top-up machine, I will try to remember to check the balance of the card from the reader before I alight the bus or exit the train station. Most of the time, by the time it reaches $0 or not enough for my next trip, will I than top it up. But now, with the new card, I've to reprogram my mind to see the $3 balance as $0! That's perhaps easy for me to remember, but what about the aunties and uncles who can't? Or those who are not properly explained when they change their new card?
After reading this, I think I will try to delay as long as possible before I change my old ezlink card to the new ones. As long as I can still use it, I won't change it.
Got to start sharing this with my family and relatives!
3 comments:
Good point that you have there, Claudia.
Glad that my article is helping to create awareness. What you mention is exactly the problem. If the card holder does not monitor, he/she will be caught off-guard (especially if travelling by bus).
Love your blogs!
Anyway, abt the EZLink, I think I'll really miss my Octopus watch I've been using for practically anything and everything while I'm in HK, when I get back to SGP soon. Free top-up,beep everywhere, Watson's, MacD's, supermarkets, 7-Eleven's, buses, MTR, ferries, even donations just recently! Haven't encountered glitches so far.
See my post http://reddiechan.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-octopus-watch.html
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