Doug -
It is the placement of the machine on the bus that allows for
contactless payment of bus fare that is the problem.. and it is likely
to have swiped $2.75 from
more people who wear their cards on a lanyard or have them in a pocket
or purse that is at the same level as the fare taker on the bus. It
doesn't affect
people paying full fares that want to use any credit card to pay and so
swish on purpose.. although there have been cases reported of someone
being charged twice..
for those of us who have discounted metro cards the contactless payment
on public transportation is not an option.. we still have to dip or
swipe our senior or disabled citizen cards . by 2025, we are told, all
busses and train stations will be equipped with OMNI machines and using
them will be the only option.. by then they are supposed to have figured
out how to recognize that one is supposed to get a discount. BTW - the
OMNI reads your phone if your phone has the correct stuff in it, or your
apple watch, etc.
anyway, I"m getting an new little purse
ann
On 9/9/2021 1:56 PM, Doug Brewer wrote:
Coming to this pretty late, but companies have to have authorization
to charge your account, otherwise this OMNI reader thing can just suck
money out of every touchless card that wanders by. I can't imagine
that's legal.
Perhaps telling your bank/credit card company that OMNI is not
authorized to charge you would be a better path.
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