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08-11-2014, 15:25 | #1 |
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Location: Greenwich, London
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There is no law against it. It is a free country; they are free to charge whatever they like for the service and you are free whether or not to pay or to use a different outlet.
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08-11-2014, 18:35 | #2 |
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sligo Line
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You can avoid having to pay extra to top up by doing it on-line, setting up auto top-up or using a luas machine. As a matter of principle, personally I wouldn't pay a premium for phone credit or a leap card top-up, but it is obvious that it costs more to provide the service if it requires a human to process the transaction.
By using an automated service, you are cutting the transaction costs for leap, and you receive a benefit in the form of the lack of a transaction fee. What would be helpful for occasional users would be the option to set a 5 euro auto top-up threshold. I go through spates of using my card every few months as mostly I travel on my rail only pass. I would rather not have 10 euro sitting unused on the card for months. As I only use the card around Dublin, a 5 euro reserve is plenty for my purposes. |
10-11-2014, 08:29 | #3 |
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Location: Celbridge
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I've topped up at Easons in Hueston and Centra in Celbridge, neither of these charge extra for a top up.
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10-11-2014, 11:36 | #4 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cork-Dublin, Cork Commuter and occasionally DART and Dublin-Wexford
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None of the shops in Cork are charging commission for top-up, but one is refusing to load taxsaver bus passes.
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12-11-2014, 17:47 | #5 |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Toronto, Canada
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They may not be prosecutable but if they are in breach of their sales agreement they are fair game for complaints to Leap/NTA, surely.
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