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> in America at almost 0 cost to them to keep it active, the NY subway system 100% would have stolen my money. MetroCards expire every 12 months, but every MVM
by woodruffw 3y ago
> in America at almost 0 cost to them to keep it active, the NY subway system 100% would have stolen my money.
MetroCards expire every 12 months, but every MVM in the city (and every subway station has 2-50 of them) will take an expired one and exchange it for an active one for free. My understanding of the expiry window is that it's meant to correspond roughly to how long a MetroCard survives in a wallet, not to steal your money.
(None of this will matter in a few years anyways, the replacement system integrates with existing contactless payment systems.)
- silverpepsi 3y agoVery interesting, so perhaps a poor example. I'm used to aggressive policies in the US to take you balance or similarly clean themselves of any financial obligation to you, but off the top of my head I don't have examples handy. Guess I'll document them in the future to see if I have a legitimate argument comparing countries here