SMRT/TRANSLINK must be joking!!
just topped up my EZLINK CARD. took a bus when alighting, troubles began.... the bloody ezlink card didn't beep. instead it buzzed incessantly with a display: CARD ERROR.
helplessly, i asked the bus driver who was just a blur as I and advised me to go to the mrt station to check if the card was faulty. don't forget, i just topped it about an hour ago only.
went back to the mrt station. checked with the staff there. guess what? they were just as blur. after checking the card, it was clarified ok but i was told that a maximum bus fare of $1.75 was deducted for my short journey which would only take 73c. asked them whether they could rebate back to me. obviously the answer was NO. i was told to go to another mrt station where there was "commuters service booth" to claim for refund of about $1.02.
just think. ISN'T THIS RIDICULOUSLY STUPID?!!
they overcharged me by $1.02. if i had to take the train to the next station to claim, it would cause me at least 73c and another 73c back, making it a total of $1.46. stupid, isn't it? to claim $1.02, i gotta be conned off again by SMRT again another $1.46. it was a fucking left they win; right i lose.
what was i suppose to do? lan lan and post this bloody daylight robbery here and caution u guys. what else could i do?