http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/05/15/fact-checking-racked-on-the-new-prepackaged-metrocards/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:55:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/05/15/fact-checking-racked-on-the-new-prepackaged-metrocards/#comment-35707 Kevin Thu, 15 May 2008 18:07:48 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=867#comment-35707 It can also been seen as a ploy by the MTA to get people to refill their cards more often instead of buying a new card. You have to go to the same MVM whether your card has $0 or $1.50. This just gives you more incentive to keep using the same card over in order to take advantage of the leftover money. It's mainly a scam for the lazy and incompetent, which the original writer of the story probably falls into. They're just too resistant to what is a relatively insignificant change in the way they get a MetroCard. It can also been seen as a ploy by the MTA to get people to refill their cards more often instead of buying a new card. You have to go to the same MVM whether your card has $0 or $1.50. This just gives you more incentive to keep using the same card over in order to take advantage of the leftover money. It’s mainly a scam for the lazy and incompetent, which the original writer of the story probably falls into. They’re just too resistant to what is a relatively insignificant change in the way they get a MetroCard.

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