Gothamist: Stealing Metrocards the Easy Way

I.

Sat, 28 Feb 2004 12:56:25 -0500

Here's a free link to that article, created using the NY Times link generator.

garth

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 03:23:12 -0500

if you want to pay up, the times article is archived here but c'mon josh, if you were a good gothamist reader you would have read it when jen told us to.

Jnalpak

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:18:52 -0500

Especially the point about "token sucking" ...yum!

Josh

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:01:25 -0500

Max, do you have a link to that article? It sounds interesting.

Max

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:15:24 -0500

Didn't you guys read the recent NYTimes article about Metrocard dispensers and the cons who vandalize them in order to "swipe you through" and sell metrocards? Good article actually - best part is the bit about "token sucking"........

candleblue

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:12:19 -0500

Well, some subway stations have those swipey things that tell you how much value's on the card... so I guess he just had to swipe one out of a stack or something. Though I still wonder what he was gonna do with all the cards. I don't know anyone who would buy a card off some dude, unless all the machines weren't working or something. Wait, that isn't too unusual...

anon coward

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:53:53 -0500

uh... typo. "in the machines"

monty

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:28:08 -0500

maybe he planned to quit and become one of those guys who hangs out by the metrocard vending machines offering to "swipe you through, swipe you through" for like a dollar or something.