Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Anyone else being robbed of 1 cent for your morning bus ride to the GO station?

If this pattern keeps up, GO will have earned an extra $2.00 from me by year-end.
Now multiply that by a 1,000 people.
We're no longer talking the price of a cup of coffee a day ... no "In the Arms of an Angel..." playin' here, son.

I decided to take a look at my Presto transactions history for this month. The yellow highlight is the cost for trip to the station. The green highlight is the cost for my trip home. I leave and return within the same zone.

My morning commute costs $8.40. My evening commute costs $8.39. GO Transit isn't collecting pennies here, so no need to round up. So why the 1 cent difference?

I called GO Transit. They said to call Presto. I called Presto and they said ... wait for it ... yep. Call GO Transit.


And transactions for the past two days:

11 comments:

  1. Becky RFebruary 13, 2013 at 3:51 PM

    Maybe, after the loyalty discounts are factored in at the end of the month, it all works out?
    What happened before the fare increase? Did you pay more in the morning.

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  2. C.J. SmithFebruary 13, 2013 at 3:52 PM

    Nope. Always paid $8.01 in the morning and the same at night.

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  3. FREDFebruary 13, 2013 at 3:54 PM

    Great, now I have that stupid song stuck in my head.

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  4. TaylorFebruary 13, 2013 at 3:58 PM

    Weird. My usage report shows consitent 8.39 transactions. Could it be due to a bus connection?

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2013 at 4:05 PM

    I feel like Presto should just have a recording telling you to call go and vice versa, as that's all they ever seem to do when I call

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  6. C.J. SmithFebruary 13, 2013 at 4:07 PM

    I do take the bus. That's where the Zone 95 comes in.
    At night you can see -4.85 is deducted for the bus ride and then credited when I tap off.

    The disconnect happens in the morning. GO takes away 1 cent more.

    I don't really give a crap about the penny. It's the fact that it's not calculating correctly.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2013 at 6:05 AM

    I'm just guessing here.
    Since Go operates on a Zone based fare it could be the Bus's Gps that's throwing the payment off ( depends on where the zone boundary for Zone 95 is related to the stop you tap off.)

    For Example in Ottawa I tap onto a bus at Hurdman 2A where the bus thinks its at - HURDMAN 2B. (60 feet away)

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  8. C.J. SmithFebruary 14, 2013 at 8:57 AM

    In terms of distance, the bus stop I board at in the morning is closer to the GO station, but I pay 1 cent more.
    The bus stop I get off at when coming home is farther from the departure stop and the GO station and I don't pay a penny.

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  9. C.J. SmithFebruary 14, 2013 at 8:58 AM

    Could be GPS related. Sure.
    No one at GO can give me an answer.

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2013 at 3:09 PM

    GO has GPS?

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2013 at 10:31 PM

    Another example of the boondoggle that is Presto. They clearly don't have all their ducks in a row.

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