Call to support Ezlink for small purchases
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Ezlink for retail has great potention but has not really pick up. One of the main reason is poor consumer support.
The lanscape in Hong Kong is totally different. Octopus [the equivalent Ezlink] has achieved great success over the years. It has received wide spread adoption from transit to non-transit application. People use it to purchase newspaper, take ferries, buy lottery, pay fast-food, etc.
Ezlink in Singapore very much pale in comparison. One of the main reason being that Ezlink business was divided into the hands of 2 organization rather than a single unit. Ezlink Pte. Ltd. under the LTA and QB, which is now sold to another company, due to poor retail performance. The decision for the split of the two [transit and non-transit] may be the cause of failure for the non-transit biz, as evident by Hong Kong Octopus.
Another reason that Ezlink for retail has not really pick up, is because consumer in Singapore is not actually supporting it. The lesser consumers use it for retail, e.g. to buy McD, the lesser chance of other merchants adopting it as a mode of payment, and the tougher the ecosystem will pick up, and the less likely that Ezlink can contribute to the competition to NETS, and the lesser the competition, the lesser the general public can benefit from healthy competition. The result, fee hikes. And it is really taking a step backwards in Singapore's electronic payment.
So, do help to support Ezlink for small purchases. -
Hope so...
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dun need to follow what Hong Kong does...
if something is good and desirable for singapore...nature will take its course... -
siao boh... this type of biz good. collect $$$ first before use and still keep $$$ as deposit. i rather use cash if not for the so call rebates
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Not following, in this case, we have fallen short of what we set out to achieve. Hong Kong did it within the same capacity. We need to reflect.Originally posted by curryman:dun need to follow what Hong Kong does...
if something is good and desirable for singapore...nature will take its course... -
i dun see the benefits of using ezlink...scaly lose the card die....Originally posted by FreeToFly:Not following, in this case, we have fall short of what we set out to achieve. Hong Kong did it within the same capacity. We need to reflect. -
Sounds a bit like my paranoid mom
Originally posted by curryman:i dun see the benefits of using ezlink...scaly lose the card die.... -
if I support ezlink for purchases...means that I cannot GIRO-link my card...damn troublesome to top up...unless I want to carry 2 cards lar...which I dont.Originally posted by FreeToFly:Ezlink for retail has great potention but has not really pick up. One of the main reason is poor consumer support.
The lanscape in Hong Kong is totally different. Octopus [the equivalent Ezlink] has achieved great success over the years. It has received wide spread adoption from transit to non-transit application. People use it to purchase newspaper, take ferries, buy lottery, pay fast-food, etc.
Ezlink in Singapore very much pale in comparison. One of the main reason being that Ezlink business was divided into the hands of 2 organization rather than a single unit. Ezlink Pte. Ltd. under the LTA and QB, which is now sold to another company, due to poor retail performance. The decision for the split of the two [transit and non-transit] may be the cause of failure for the non-transit biz, as evident by Hong Kong Octopus.
Another reason that Ezlink for retail has not really pick up, is because consumer in Singapore is not actually supporting it. The lesser consumers use it for retail, e.g. to buy McD, the lesser chance of other merchants adopting it as a mode of payment, and the tougher the ecosystem will pick up, and the less likely that Ezlink can contribute to the competition to NETS, and the lesser the competition, the lesser the general public can benefit from healthy competition. The result, fee hikes. And it is really taking a step backwards in Singapore's electronic payment.
So, do help to support Ezlink for small purchases. -
You are right, time for Ezlink to reflect on self weakness.Originally posted by Xcert:if I support ezlink for purchases...means that I cannot GIRO-link my card...damn troublesome to top up...unless I want to carry 2 cards lar...which I dont.
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anyway...dunno if I posted this before...if anyone interested to carry 2 ezlink cards in their wallet but dun want to take out the individual card to scan...can wrap one of the ezlink card with aluminium foil...can buy those from supermarket..no need wrap too thick...just cover the card will do...The RFID frequency...13.56MHz if I remember correctly...will not pass thru the aluminium foil and so will only detect 1 card in the wallet.Originally posted by FreeToFly:You are right, time for Ezlink to reflect on self weakness. -
A fair number of ppl used NETS to topup their ezlink cards. So in the end, NETS still earn the commission since we used it to top it up in the first place. Besides, if you were to use cash to topup ezlink card, might as well carry the cash in your wallet itself for your purchases.Originally posted by FreeToFly:Ezlink for retail has great potention but has not really pick up. One of the main reason is poor consumer support.
The lanscape in Hong Kong is totally different. Octopus [the equivalent Ezlink] has achieved great success over the years. It has received wide spread adoption from transit to non-transit application. People use it to purchase newspaper, take ferries, buy lottery, pay fast-food, etc.
Ezlink in Singapore very much pale in comparison. One of the main reason being that Ezlink business was divided into the hands of 2 organization rather than a single unit. Ezlink Pte. Ltd. under the LTA and QB, which is now sold to another company, due to poor retail performance. The decision for the split of the two [transit and non-transit] may be the cause of failure for the non-transit biz, as evident by Hong Kong Octopus.
Another reason that Ezlink for retail has not really pick up, is because consumer in Singapore is not actually supporting it. The lesser consumers use it for retail, e.g. to buy McD, the lesser chance of other merchants adopting it as a mode of payment, and the tougher the ecosystem will pick up, and the less likely that Ezlink can contribute to the competition to NETS, and the lesser the competition, the lesser the general public can benefit from healthy competition. The result, fee hikes. And it is really taking a step backwards in Singapore's electronic payment.
So, do help to support Ezlink for small purchases.