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DART Monthly Tickets going up by €30?!?!

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    #2
    Nostradamus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 621 ✭✭✭Nostradamus


    This is a country borrowing 22 Billion euros a year to pay our so called "public" employees between 2/3 and Double what they are paid in the rest of Europe. We in the private sector have to be fair and help carry this load. You are being selfish and unkind. Go back to work. Slave like an animal for SIPTU and IMAPCT.

    Afterall, sure CIE provides us with the world's greatest public transport provider and they are worth their sensational salaries by all European standards.

    You pay top money for world class service...


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    LeotCol
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    God I love my world class service that I pay top money for... I love how they don't concider the trains late unless they are over ten minutes late... I love how they overcrowded they get... I love how the seats were genuinely designed for the average asian male so that two fully grown european males cannot sit comfortably opposite each other... sure I'll keep paying them the goddamn money... like I have any choice


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    KC61
    Registered Users Posts: 4,316 ✭✭✭KC61


    LeotCol wrote: »
    I heard the prices are going to up in January or something. I heard 103 for a ticket, I assumed this meant that the bus and rail ticket going up to that. And that the regular monthly dart and commuter would go up by ten or something too.

    http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/18004179B0903CF3?artistid=952780&majorcatid=10005&minorcatid=0

    But looking at that....I can barely afford it now, what the hell are those f**ks thinking

    The ticket has been priced at €103 since last November, having previously been €90. I've no idea where you are getting a €30 increase in price????

    There have been no further price increases advised as of yet.


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    shltter
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    Nostradamus wrote: »
    This is a country borrowing 22 Billion euros a year to pay our so called "public" employees between 2/3 and Double what they are paid in the rest of Europe. We in the private sector have to be fair and help carry this load. You are being selfish and unkind. Go back to work. Slave like an animal for SIPTU and IMAPCT.

    Afterall, sure CIE provides us with the world's greatest public transport provider and they are worth their sensational salaries by all European standards.

    You pay top money for world class service...

    First off as you well know CIE are not public employees

    Secondly were are you getting bull**** like CIE employees are earning double the rest of Europe and I expect a genuine comparison with other European countries with a similar cost of living as Ireland ( No point including former Eastern Block Countries in an attempt to distort the figures).

    Thirdly as KC61 has pointed out there is no increase to €103 it has been €103 for nearly a year. Which works out at about €3.43 a day


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    Heisenberg1
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    Nostradamus wrote: »
    This is a country borrowing 22 Billion euros a year to pay our so called "public" employees between 2/3 and Double what they are paid in the rest of Europe. We in the private sector have to be fair and help carry this load. You are being selfish and unkind. Go back to work. Slave like an animal for SIPTU and IMAPCT.

    Afterall, sure CIE provides us with the world's greatest public transport provider and they are worth their sensational salaries by all European standards.

    You pay top money for world class service...

    Which european transport agency are you comparing salaries with CIE??


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    Cookie_Monster
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    LeotCol wrote: »
    God I love my world class service that I pay top money for... I love how they don't concider the trains late unless they are over ten minutes late...e

    Thats been changed to 5 on the last set of statistics
    shltter wrote: »
    First off as you well know CIE are not public employees

    Public / semi public - same thing still overpaid unionised wasters gents who want extra money to do anything new regardless


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    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,540 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Similar story here. I got an annual commuter ticket this year - cost €840. Cost next year - over €1100.....a 30% increase (deflation me hole!). **** you CIE - I'm driving next year.


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    Polar101
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    Where do you guys get your prices from? I paid 1185€ this year for an annual short hop (bus/rail) ticket, and it seems to be 1190€ next year. It was 1035€ the year before (~15% increase).

    €3.26 a day minus taxes isn't bad value in my opinion.


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    Cookie_Monster
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    Polar101 wrote: »
    Where do you guys get your prices from? I paid 1185€ this year for an annual short hop (bus/rail) ticket, and it seems to be 1190€ next year. It was 1035€ the year before (~15% increase).

    €3.26 a day minus taxes isn't bad value in my opinion.

    regardless of that small increase, why is it not coming down by at least 5% in line with deflation:confused:


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    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,540 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Polar101 wrote: »
    Where do you guys get your prices from? I paid 1185€ this year for an annual short hop (bus/rail) ticket, and it seems to be 1190€ next year. It was 1035€ the year before (~15% increase).

    €3.26 a day minus taxes isn't bad value in my opinion.

    My price is from BE/IR (who set the price) via my employer. Regardless of value, a 30% increase can in no way be justified.


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    Cookie_Monster
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    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    My price is from BE/IR (who set the price) via my employer. Regardless of value, an increase can in no way be justified.

    FYP ;)


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    KC61
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    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    My price is from BE/IR (who set the price) via my employer. Regardless of value, a 30% increase can in no way be justified.

    Can I ask what ticket you have?


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    Vic_08
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    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    My price is from BE/IR (who set the price) via my employer. Regardless of value, a 30% increase can in no way be justified.

    Is it possible that you are confusing the Gross price of the ticket with the actual price including the tax rebate?

    As said previously there have been no increases since Jan 09.


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    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,540 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Vic_08 wrote: »
    Is it possible that you are confusing the Gross price of the ticket with the actual price including the tax rebate?.
    No.
    KC61 wrote: »
    Can I ask what ticket you have?
    Annual Cobh rail line and Cork city/suburbs bus.


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    dereko1969
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    Does that ticket now entitle you to use the Midleton line also? If so there could be some justification for an increase in price as the network your ticket is valid on has increased a good bit.


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    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,540 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    dereko1969 wrote: »
    Does that ticket now entitle you to use the Midleton line also? If so there could be some justification for an increase in price as the network your ticket is valid on has increased a good bit.

    No, separate ticket for Midleton line.


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    KC61
    Registered Users Posts: 4,316 ✭✭✭KC61


    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    Annual Cobh rail line and Cork city/suburbs bus.

    That seems a phenomenal increase. Are you sure that the taxsaver administrator got it right either last year or this year?

    I can't tell because the prices aren't online, but it doesn't sound right.

    Given the monthly ticket is EUR 100, I would have expected it to be EUR 1,000 for the annual ticket - so that you get two months free.

    Something doesn't add up - were you charged the right price for 2009?

    Check with the Taxsaver office at 01-7034639.


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    goingnowhere
    Registered Users Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭goingnowhere


    1. Can someone change the title, it went up 13 euro nearly a year ago

    2. Padraig Mor what where you paying in 2009. Given the taxsaver tickets don't print the price on them there is a lot of confusion


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    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,540 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    goingnowhere wrote: »
    1. Can someone change the title, it went up 13 euro nearly a year ago

    2. Padraig Mor what where you paying in 2009. Given the taxsaver tickets don't print the price on them there is a lot of confusion
    Paying €847 this year. €1100 next year.
    KC61 wrote: »
    That seems a phenomenal increase. Are you sure that the taxsaver administrator got it right either last year or this year?

    I can't tell because the prices aren't online, but it doesn't sound right.

    Given the monthly ticket is EUR 100, I would have expected it to be EUR 1,000 for the annual ticket - so that you get two months free.

    Something doesn't add up - were you charged the right price for 2009?

    Check with the Taxsaver office at 01-7034639.
    Not 100% sure on this (maybe 95%) but I believe the 'standard' (i.e. non- taxsaver) monthly ticket was €85 this year - and €100 this year. So people buying month to month will have a 18% increase. For the annual ticket, they seem to have gone from 10 x €85 to 11 x €100. I have the number of the person in BE who apparently sets the prices but can't get hold of him. Probably off 'sick' or soemthing....


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    KC61
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    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    Paying €847 this year. €1100 next year.


    Not 100% sure on this (maybe 95%) but I believe the 'standard' (i.e. non- taxsaver) monthly ticket was €85 this year - and €100 this year. So people buying month to month will have a 18% increase. For the annual ticket, they seem to have gone from 10 x €85 to 11 x €1100. I have the number of the person in BE who apparently sets the prices but can't get hold of him. Probably off 'sick' or soemthing....

    I would definitely follow it up - it seems very strange.

    The number on the Bus Eireann website is 021 4508188.


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