Gothamist: Metrocard Vending Machine Mayhem Blamed on Encryption Device

GlennQuagmire

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:15:07 -0500

Make one miss the good ol' days with the token clerks sitting half-asleep or bored in their booths, giving out change in singles only and giving instructions through a garbled louspeaker.

Snoopy

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:56:21 -0500

I bought a lifetime Metro card for 8 million dollars and I want a refund, in tens and twenties.

Anna_Merkin

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:58:58 -0500

I understand having two devices for redundancy, but for a system that processes as many transactions as the MTA does, it seems very odd to only have single redundancy with the default fail over unable to handle demand. It's not like we're in the early '90s.

JMH

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:47:02 -0500

Yeah, they're so crooked that they're refunding all the money.

yayaya

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:55:02 -0500

Amazing. Your card can't be processed, but apparently the machines are set up so you can still be charged. Anyone know of anywhere else where that can happen? What a bunch of crooks.