12 comments on Unwanted Myki cards: new collection bin at Skybus terminus

FelineCyclist on Wed, 16th Jan 2013 7:40 pm


Any indication of what happens to any personal information linked to the card? Are they wiped before being passed on?

Marcus on Wed, 16th Jan 2013 8:41 pm


Speaking of tourists, when I was out at Melbourne Airport last week I noticed there were Myki adverts behind the men’s urinals:

http://railgallery.wongm.com/myki/E120_2783.jpg.html

(Yes, there isn’t anything I won’t photograph…)

Daniel on Wed, 16th Jan 2013 8:41 pm


Good question. Don’t know. I went looking for further information, but couldn’t find anything… all I know is what’s shown above.

Alasdair on Wed, 16th Jan 2013 10:39 pm


If that bin was a machine that delivered cash for $6 +/- the balance on the card, then it solves the short term ticket issue…. Obvioulsy these bins need to be more widely distributed.

Philip on Thu, 17th Jan 2013 11:44 am


If they were serious about being friendly to visitors, the Skybus ticket booth could just give you some cash for your Myki card on the spot when you buy a ticket to the airport. It would be very easy for them to have a reader in the booth to show them how much cash to give you, and then recoup all that money from Myki each day.

Jacob on Fri, 18th Jan 2013 12:16 am


@Marcus, its shocking that they dont sell Myki cards at Melbourne Airport where 14 million people land every year.

Moreover, the road lobby is so organized that I can use my EastLink tag on any toll road in Australia!

Can I do the same with Myki? No.

Louise on Mon, 21st Jan 2013 9:41 pm


Hi Daniel,

If you’re interested in some anti-myki graffiti I took this photo this morning at Clifton Hill station: http://instagram.com/p/UuAUUoLCCX/

I’m curious to see if it’s still there tomorrow – my guess is no!

Phil Johnson on Sun, 10th Feb 2013 2:32 pm


Another problem exists at the train stations that are not manned. I have experienced cancelled or out of service myki readers, which for obvious reasons is not a big deal on trams but rather when I can’t touch on and catch my train,I transit to a manned station (flinders st). I personally have not being fined for this as of yet, but when I called myki to get a garentee of validity they reply with “call us let us know in the future this is not a garentee however”. Then their second response is “make sure you touch on every time you jump on a train or tram”, apart from lack of adequate response or reasoning skills displayed by the myki employee it really shows mykis lack of transparency when it comes to user troubleshooting.

Your opinion on myki is pretty bias Daniel, agreed on a lot of what you have to say however nitpicking articles is not your forte and anytime a journalist has a piece in the paper fairfax or whoever is going to shine through. Apart from this your lack of intellect in analysing the age article only adds fuel to the hate circle. I’m sorry but you are the problem.

Jill on Sun, 10th Feb 2013 7:22 pm


Before criticising another’s intellect you would do well to run a spell check (it’s guarantee) and learn how to use an apostrophe to denote possession Jim.

enno on Mon, 11th Feb 2013 2:32 am


That would be ” … to denote possession, Jim.” With a comma.

Jackie on Mon, 11th Feb 2013 9:57 am


Hey Jacob,
myki cards are sold at Melbourne Airport. You can buy myki Visitor Packs from the Melbourne Airport Skybus terminal. Anyone with an Australian Postal address can also order a myki online or by calling PTV in advance and have it sent to them. There’s a lot of hotels and backpackers that also sell myki Visitor Packs.

Jill on Tue, 12th Feb 2013 9:03 pm


Touche Enno! I had that coming…

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