TaxSaver ticket question

carlmango11 · 01-10-2013 10:57pm #1

I got my first TaxSaver ticket today. It's a monthly DART and Bus Short Hop. Only problem is that it's one of the ancient looking magnetic strip ones. I'm convinced the machines will stop accepting it within a week.

Do you think I could bring it into Dublin Bus and exchange it for a RFID one? They seem to last way longer in my experience.

Hilly Bill · 01-10-2013 11:21pm

Dont bend it or get it wet and keep it away from credit cards and mobile phones and it will be grand.

carlmango11 · 04-11-2013 8:28pm

Bumpy bump because I didn't think this question warranted a new thread.

I got the next months one and it's the same, but this one doesn't work *at all* in the Irish Rail machines. It just spits it back out, every single time. It worked 3 times on the bus but this time the validator spat it out and it said "No More Journeys" (?) and printed a big "INVALID" across the front.

This is really ridiculous and is actually quite inconvenient having to show the station guy my ticket so that he can open the barrier every time.

Anyone have this problem? Did you just live with it or is it a faulty ticket? Bit ridiculous that it didn't work from day 1.

Victor · 06-11-2013 4:21am

carlmango11 wrote: »

Bumpy bump because I didn't think this question warranted a new thread.

I got the next months one and it's the same, but this one doesn't work *at all* in the Irish Rail machines. It just spits it back out, every single time. It worked 3 times on the bus but this time the validator spat it out and it said "No More Journeys" (?) and printed a big "INVALID" across the front.

This is really ridiculous and is actually quite inconvenient having to show the station guy my ticket so that he can open the barrier every time.

Anyone have this problem? Did you just live with it or is it a faulty ticket? Bit ridiculous that it didn't work from day 1.

Talk to your ticket supplier. http://www.taxsaver.ie/Live-Contact/ From 1 November, they were mean to be smartcards.

dogmatix · 06-11-2013 9:08am

Happens to me every month - I have the rail and bus monthly and it is the old crappy style ticket. Works for about 2-6 days and then stops. At this point I usually exchange it for one of the touch-on ones at dublin bus hq and all is fine thereafter, until next month.

Not sure who is to blame - Irish rail or Dublin bus but one of the ticket validator machines is affecting the card when used so that it cannot be used on another service.

carlmango11 · 06-11-2013 10:26am

dogmatix wrote: »

Happens to me every month - I have the rail and bus monthly and it is the old crappy style ticket. Works for about 2-6 days and then stops. At this point I usually exchange it for one of the touch-on ones at dublin bus hq and all is fine thereafter, until next month.

You can exchange it at DB HQ?

dogmatix · 06-11-2013 2:08pm

Yes. The one issued at the start of each month is a irish rail rail and bus paper ticket with mag stripe but there is never any issue with me changing for free for a dublin bus rail and bus ticket.

Pink11 · 13-11-2013 7:22pm

Work have confirmed they will get the tax saver monthly tax saver ticket but my question is how much will it cost me a month?

How much do you actually save?

Would those of you who already have it mind sharing how much it costs you monthy? Thanks

LXFlyer · 13-11-2013 7:30pm

Go to http://taxsaver.ie/Ticket-Calculator/Ticket-Calculator/

This will tell you exactly what you need to know - there is a large range of tickets all with different prices, so everyone will give you a different answer!!

Basically you save the tax (at your marginal rate), PRSI and USC on the cost of the ticket.

TaxSaver ticket question

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