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#3311277 21-Nov-2024 09:57

I hear Metlink is introducing a credit card surcharge on Snapper cards.

Now, all those recharges via the app will make public transport more expensive. Instead of trying to make it more attractive to people, they want the opposite.

We all know Wellington has excellent public transport already, so...

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#3311291 21-Nov-2024 10:11

When you subscribe to a newsletter, and receive an email with alcohol reasonably priced, but when you click the link the bottles are actually between $2 and $15 more expensive than the email suggests.

Complained and unsubscribed.

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#3311355 21-Nov-2024 11:11

Reminds me of going to New World the other day to find that a product's price has increased by 7.52% yet is being advertised as a "low price".

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#3311362 21-Nov-2024 11:17

Behodar:

Reminds me of going to New World the other day to find that a product's price has increased by 7.52% yet is being advertised as a "low price".

But the lady says she can shop cheap at NW!

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#3311365 21-Nov-2024 11:21

Unless you can find the product cheaper elsewhere, it technically still can be a low price.

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#3311379 21-Nov-2024 11:48

freitasm:

When you subscribe to a newsletter, and receive an email with alcohol reasonably priced, but when you click the link the bottles are actually between $2 and $15 more expensive than the email suggests.

Complained and unsubscribed.

Similar happened yesterday via email for a fresh produce site advertising beetroot for 90cents. When clicking on it, price was for one. Per kg price was $4.99

Really annoying and dishonest as all the other prices were based on similar ploys and the per kg prices were worse than the supermarket.

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#3311389 21-Nov-2024 12:20

Behodar:

Reminds me of going to New World the other day to find that a product's price has increased by 7.52% yet is being advertised as a "low price".

I hate this kind of 'marketing' scumbaggery. Push push push.

Along with christmas marketing on November 1st. The marketers just push it too hard.

Most of the posters in this thread are just like chimpanzees on MDMA, full of feelings of bonhomie, joy, and optimism. Fred99 8/4/21

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#3311492 21-Nov-2024 16:10

freitasm:

I hear Metlink is introducing a credit card surcharge on Snapper cards.

Now, all those recharges via the app will make public transport more expensive. Instead of trying to make it more attractive to people, they want the opposite.

We all know Wellington has excellent public transport already, so...

It’s actually worse. There’s a surcharge on debit cards as well.

From December 2nd 2024, Metlink will be introducing a 1.5% credit and debit card processing fee on Snapper apps and self-service Snapper kiosks.

This fee will apply when topping up a Snapper card or purchasing a Snapper travel pass, in the following circumstances:

When using a credit card/credit function at a Snapper kiosk
When using a credit/debit card on the Snapper app

The processing fee will be deducted by the payment provider and added to the transaction amount but not to the Snapper balance. For example, topping up a Snapper card by $20.00 will cost $20.30.

Fees-free options for topping up a Snapper card will still be available. No processing fees will be charged in the following circumstances:

Using an EFTPOS card at a kiosk
Using a debit card, selecting cheque/savings at a kiosk

This decision by Greater Wellington Regional Council, was driven by escalating costs meaning it’s no longer financially viable for Metlink to absorb these processing fees. As such, it was determined that a user-pays model would be the best option to reduce the burden on ratepayers.

For any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to Metlink’s team
on 0800 801 700 or info@metlink.org.nz.

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#3311526 21-Nov-2024 18:01

Sounds standard: surcharge on Credit card or Debit card when processed via the credit card network (online, app, credit card at terminal). Terminals don't support Paywave so you won't use a debit card in person and get hit with that fee.

No surcharge when processed via the EFTPOS network, i.e. EFTPOS or Debit card swipe or insert at a physical terminal.

It would be nice for them to support online EFTPOS.

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#3311528 21-Nov-2024 18:18

Calling this Microsoft computer a computer is a bit of a stretch. But at least no one will steal it.

Microsoft’s New Computer Stinks

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#3311529 21-Nov-2024 18:23

kingdragonfly: Calling this Microsoft computer a computer is a bit of a stretch. But at least no one will steal it.

Microsoft’s New Computer Stinks

Isn't it the kind of "network computer" that Bill Gates dismissed back in the 1990s?

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#3311538 21-Nov-2024 18:59

It's a terminal (er, "thin client").

It doesn't stink. It runs a remote desktop. That's all.

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#3311539 21-Nov-2024 19:01

kingdragonfly: Calling this Microsoft computer a computer is a bit of a stretch. But at least no one will steal it.

Microsoft’s New Computer Stinks

I just watched this video. The WTF here is this "reviewer". This person doesn't understand what it's about.

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#3311540 21-Nov-2024 19:10

freitasm:

It's a terminal (er, "thin client").

It doesn't stink. It runs a remote desktop. That's all.

Ah, so more of a "dumb" terminal as they used to call it during the dial-up era.

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#3311543 21-Nov-2024 19:18

deepred:

freitasm:

It's a terminal (er, "thin client").

It doesn't stink. It runs a remote desktop. That's all.

Ah, so more of a "dumb" terminal as they used to call it during the dial-up era.

Close.

Dial-up didn't have a "dumb terminal" unless you are thinking of BBS access (with TTY-based terminal emulators).

Dial-up ISPs used TCP/IP and accessed the Internet like today, it just wasn't always on.

It's more like the mainframe era when dumb terminals were connected via leased lines to a central computer. Add a graphical user interface to it and you have the Windows 365 Link connected to Microsoft Azure running a virtual desktop.

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