nfitz
Superstar
Not much point really - I'm sure within 5 to 10 years we won't have any tokens/tickets/paper passes - nothing but Presto cards and cash.
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Can retailers charge whatever they want for TTC tickets?
- Thread starter Admiral Beez
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Le Gique
Active Member
A loss leader
i hear the cut on ttc fare media is very small -- perhaps like 1 per cent?
i hear the cut on ttc fare media is very small -- perhaps like 1 per cent?
nfitz
Superstar
If retailers don't like the cut, then they don't have to be agents. Surely it's more of an attraction of them to get people into their store who will buy other things. Works here, the closest agent is a small dollar-store with all sorts of odd stuff. Because I'm in there frequently to get day passes (I'm often going to him when I need something odd, as I know he has it; were he not a ticket agent, I'd probably not think of going to him for a battery for my portable telephone, etc.
cancsis
New Member
If I recall my reatailing days correctly, we were contractually obligated to sell the tickets at the price the TTC determined. The store's profit was around 2%. A TTC agent would deliver the tickets weekly, and expected cash on delivery. Overall selling the tickets was a pain in the side given the amount of administrative work involved. We sold them because it brought folks into the store, but they certainly cost us more to manage than what we were making on them.
digi
Active Member
That's pathetic...one has to be a facebook member to contact the TTC?
RedRocket191
Senior Member
Or you could email him... whatev
Either way, online messages get to his blackberry. Calls and snail mail are less likely to get there when he's there.
digi
Active Member
Whatev is right...I guess the concept of contacting TTC management through the TTC website is ridiculous.
