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8 months ago
in New York MTA’s New MetroCard Fare: Sneaky & Questionable on AttentionMax
I'm not friend of the transit system, but remember one very important thing about the money in question:
The money in question is a BONUS/PERK provided by the MTA and is NOT your personal hard earned cash. As such, the MTA reserves the right to, so to speak, keep it. But there's really nothing to keep. This was really an expense to them. As such, they did this so, technically, they don't lose revenue on free rides and they can earn the little bit of money they would have lost from those people who don't know any better or are too bothered to go through their hurdles to get it.
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The money in question is a BONUS/PERK provided by the MTA and is NOT your personal hard earned cash. As such, the MTA reserves the right to, so to speak, keep it. But there's really nothing to keep. This was really an expense to them. As such, they did this so, technically, they don't lose revenue on free rides and they can earn the little bit of money they would have lost from those people who don't know any better or are too bothered to go through their hurdles to get it.
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You're wrong. It's not expense to them, it's a pricing game, and it's an
expense to us. The MTA is a public agency, not a private business, and
should be held to higher standards of accountability.
Max