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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:16 pm Post subject: This just in: t-money rechargers now accept the new bills |
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| Took them about a good year and a half to rejig the machines but it seems the t-money recharging station in subways are now taking the new bills. They may have not got to all of them yet but they're finally getting off their ass. No more trying to find bank machines that spit out the old 10,000 bill. (I hate dealing with people when I could deal with a machine.) |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| And on a related T-Money note, the gf went on vacation a couple days ago and said that the airport buses now accept T-Money cards. I'm going to test it on Saturday and see if she's right. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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T-Money sucks. They work fine in Seoul but out in Gyeonggi-do, there are buses that don't take it.
I use eB/UPass. The airport buses, gyeonggido buses, Seoul Buses, and Seoul Subway all use it. |
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
T-Money sucks. They work fine in Seoul but out in Gyeonggi-do, there are buses that don't take it.
I use eB/UPass. The airport buses, gyeonggido buses, Seoul Buses, and Seoul Subway all use it. |
T-money works ok on the gyeonggido buses that I use ... but I do know that you are in a different area to me ... Not working on buses would be a pain.
I prefer using T-money to cash both because it is cheaper (by a small amount) but also because I find it much easier on the subway ... Even though I can know accurately pronounce the names of where I want to go ... it was difficult in my early days here ... because not pronouncing them correctly ... makes it hard to buy tickets there ...
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Don't recharge your T-Money card with more than 10,000 won at a time.
I got robbed 2 weeks ago. My card had about 6,000 won on it. When I tried to use it, the subway gates gave the an ERROR message. I also checked it in the re-charger machine and got the same. In the end, I took it to the subway guy and had it re-charged with 10,000 won.
I don't know how it got erased - maybe static electricity.
Be careful. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
Don't recharge your T-Money card with more than 10,000 won at a time.
I got robbed 2 weeks ago. |
Sorry to hear you got robbed.
If I only recharged 10,000 won at a time, I'd have to charge it twice a week, sometimes three times a week. No way. |
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Ginormousaurus
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:02 am Post subject: |
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| I heard from a friend of mine that the reason the machines weren't taking the new bills was so the govt could collect and get the old bills out of circulation. I don't know if he is right or not, but it seems to make sense. |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| What do they do with the old bills? |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:07 am Post subject: |
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| The signs about the new notes said the old ones weren't going to be taken out of circulation. |
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keseki
Joined: 22 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:14 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
T-Money sucks. They work fine in Seoul but out in Gyeonggi-do, there are buses that don't take it.
I use eB/UPass. The airport buses, gyeonggido buses, Seoul Buses, and Seoul Subway all use it. |
where can i get this eB/UPass you speak of? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
Don't recharge your T-Money card with more than 10,000 won at a time.
I got robbed 2 weeks ago. My card had about 6,000 won on it. When I tried to use it, the subway gates gave the an ERROR message. I also checked it in the re-charger machine and got the same. In the end, I took it to the subway guy and had it re-charged with 10,000 won.
I don't know how it got erased - maybe static electricity.
Be careful. |
I agree. Those cards are not very robust. Only charge it up as much as you're willing to lose. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Atavistic wrote: |
| The signs about the new notes said the old ones weren't going to be taken out of circulation. |
Yeah, usually they just let the old bills drop out naturally from wear and tear. |
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