[shawnly1000]

Five people, including two foreigners in Vancouver on student or visitor visas, have been charged in connection with an eight-month investigation into counterfeit TransLink passes.

The probe focused on counterfeit TransLink two-zone monthly passes, allegedly being produced in China and sold at a slightly reduced price to unsuspecting transit users in Metro Vancouver through ads — in both Chinese and English — on social networking websites.

TransLink’s two-zone monthly passes for adults sell for $110, while the counterfeit passes were being sold for $90 to $100 each.

Fake two-zone TransLink passes were produced in China, sold in Vancouver (http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Fake+zone+TransLink+passes+were+produced+China+sol d+Vancouver/5654760/story.html#ixzz1ciDJ9yw1)

[Vale46Rossi]

lol pretty smart.

[subordinate]

till they got caught :smug:

[Datsun]

A whopping $10-20 in savings.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/entries/icons/original/000/005/288/tn_1235245586270.jpg?1299657260

They should invest their efforts in much more worthwhile causes, like selling replica BBT stamps.

[quasi]

A whopping $10-20 in savings.



They should invest their efforts in much more worthwhile causes, like selling replica BBT stamps.

Probably smart, if they were $40 people might start wondering if there real. At $10-20 off they probably figure they are hot and some people don't care and buy anyway.

[Bahhbeehhaaaa]

Probably smart, if they were $40 people might start wondering if there real. At $10-20 off they probably figure they are hot and some people don't care and buy anyway.

yeahh i agree.. there's an ID on very bus card.. and every month they must've changed it to a different letter or number.. and in hopes the transit police can spot these fake passes. 90-100 bucks canadian is bout $1000.00 in China.. that's alot of moneyy!! lol

[sundance1911]

90-100 bucks canadian is bout $1000.00 in China.. that's alot of moneyy!! lol


lol what? where you got your exchange rate from, can I buy some renminbi from you?

[HonestTea]

^ ROFL

Exactly what I was thinking

[twitchyzero]

FS: U-Pass
no picture ID
authentic...made in Canada
$27

[FerrariEnzo]

lol.... how did they tell its fake? anyone has pictures of these fake passes?

[StylinRed]

why am i not surprised

[phunky.FOB]

does china make everything fake ....

[FerrariEnzo]

does china make everything fake ....
as long as someone makes it, China will copy it...

[TheKingdom2000]

A whopping $10-20 in savings.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/entries/icons/original/000/005/288/tn_1235245586270.jpg?1299657260

They should invest their efforts in much more worthwhile causes, like selling replica BBT stamps.

You obviously do not take public transit. I started to take public transit last year and I can tell you I would jump on $10 savings in a heart beat.
$10 a year = $120.
$120 for years = savings.

[unit]

jesus, a bus pass is 110? thats like hardly less than my insurance.

[!Yaminashi]

jesus, a bus pass is 110? thats like hardly less than my insurance.

Transit in this city is fucking expensive!
With all the price hikes they said it was to "provide more reliable service to its customers"

Transit system is STILL shit in my area

[chris walter]

jesus, a bus pass is 110? thats like hardly less than my insurance.
That's more than my insurance but we still have to pay for gas and maintainance.
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[shawnly1000]

That's more than my insurance but we still have to pay for gas and maintainance.
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And parking, we've got like one of the highest parking tax rates
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[niu99]

wow
so lame -.-

[unit]

That's more than my insurance but we still have to pay for gas and maintainance.
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gas is so worth the price of convenience.
3 cheers for driving! lol

[AzNightmare]

I was hoping to be able to see pictures. :okay:

[jeedee]

Pics or it didn't happen :troll:
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[ae101]

im in china right now lets see if i can score some & use it when i come back in december :troll:

on a side note when is vancouver gonna have the smart card system anyways

[CRS]

im in china right now lets see if i can score some & use it when i come back in december :troll:

on a side note when is vancouver gonna have the smart card system anyways

End of 2012/Early 2013

The same thing with the fare gates. Construction has already begun for the Expo line and apparently the Millenium line was already designed for these gates.

[FerrariEnzo]

You obviously do not take public transit. I started to take public transit last year and I can tell you I would jump on $10 savings in a heart beat.
$10 a year = $120.
$120 for years = savings.

you probably wont beable to use these fake passes for income tax...

how much do people get when you use the monthly passes for income tax?

[drunkrussian]

jesus, a bus pass is 110? thats like hardly less than my insurance.

and thats just a two zone. unlike with your car you cant even go anywhere you like with it. if i didnt work dt i would drive; they dont try to use a good deal as an incentive, they just try to barely match the price
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[misteranswer]

lol what? where you got your exchange rate from, can I buy some renminbi from you?

He's probably also factoring in purchasing power parity.

[Nlkko]

End of 2012/Early 2013

The same thing with the fare gates. Construction has already begun for the Expo line and apparently the Millenium line was already designed for these gates.

Didnt they claim its more expensive to run fare gates than letting people evade fare? Why they're doing this now?

[Graeme S]

Didnt they claim its more expensive to run fare gates than letting people evade fare? Why they're doing this now?
That claim is based on the number of tickets given for fare evasion vs the estimated number of rides any given day.

Since we don't have a completely accurate method of tracking riders (no faregates, no way to check how many people actually get on), and since not everyone who evades pays a ticket (four people on my bus were busted today, only one pulled off for a ticket)...I, for one, don't trust either of those numbers.

Also, let's not forget that security barriers are not just about payment, they're also about SECURITY. Each and every station will now have at least one transit guard/transit cop at all times the station is open. You know how people say that it's hard to trace crime around the Skytrain stations because people can just commit a crime and then hop on two stations later? Or that being near a Skytrain station at night is dangerous 'cause nobody's around?

Yeah, that's gonna change.

[buddy]

as long as someone makes it, China will copy it...

heard that they make condoms now ...

http://www.revscene.net/forums/657140-chinese-condom-brand-safedom-go-global.html

[goo3]

That claim is based on the number of tickets given for fare evasion vs the estimated number of rides any given day.

Since we don't have a completely accurate method of tracking riders (no faregates, no way to check how many people actually get on), and since not everyone who evades pays a ticket (four people on my bus were busted today, only one pulled off for a ticket)...I, for one, don't trust either of those numbers.



Security aside, random sampling can be pretty accurate, and it's used in many, many areas. TBH, this should be a pretty easy problem for someone who does this for a living. Keep in mind the data gathering, report, etc was audited by PwC, so IMO, the numbers should be close enough.