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« Reply #45 on: May 22, 2009, 20:06:11 »
Quote from: devon_metro on May 22, 2009, 19:56:25
A bloke on the top of a mountain in Scotland would be able to issue a Devon Day Ranger so long as he had an Avantix▸ (Ticket Issuing System used on board trains) machine!

i know.. to be honest i heard him talking to passengers down the train and everyone he got into a convo with he brought up how rubbish he thought fgw was and blamed the high fares to paignton on them.... he said to me that the rover and ranger was a fgw ticket which im sure is not true, also got the vibe that he had been told from higher up not to sell anything apart from singles or returns.. (or couldnt be bothered to learn how to)

such a shame i have always been impressed with swt's guess you always get one bad egg
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« Reply #46 on: May 22, 2009, 20:55:13 »
Generally it is because they do not know how to do it. They will just lie and tell you they can't, so they don't look bad. Then you will get the odd one who admits they don't know how, and then will let you teach them if you know.
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« Reply #47 on: May 22, 2009, 21:24:52 »
maybee a letter/ email would sort this out let's see how swt deals with complaints
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