Change from machine
Martin Bienwald wrote in message ...
Edward Cowling wrote:
: Well it took my note and much to my amazement actually
: printed out a ticket. Then it gave me 16 quid change in
: two pound coins !! Arrrggh !
: Surely machines this clever should be able to give back
: notes ?
Probably not. While it's trivial to ensure that exactly N coins are given
back, this is rather difficult to achieve with notes. Bank ATMs *can* do
it, but they need rather expensive machinery *and* are using specially
prepared ("ironed") notes. Ticket machines typically give back coins they
got from previous customers, and I can't see how this should work with notes.
... Martin
Well they have machines that do this in Germany. On the Munich U- and
S-Bahn. Seem to work fine....!
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