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Feel like a mug paying for buses in Wales

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CaptainArcher · 30/03/2025 23:05

I live in North Wales and the cost of a daily ticket on the bus is now £7.70 a weekly ticket is £28 now…

It seems like every time i board the bus I'm the only mug actually paying, i tap on and off with my bank card. Everyone else is a pensioner using their free bus pass, or people my age (30s) have a white pass card.. Which means they're on the sick

To make matters worse, i visit across the border sometimes to the Wirral and buses are so much more reasonably.. £2 for a single trip

I can drive bus i gave up cars a few years ago to save money and live a more simpler life

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BCSurvivor · 30/03/2025 23:18

CaptainArcher · 30/03/2025 23:05

I live in North Wales and the cost of a daily ticket on the bus is now £7.70 a weekly ticket is £28 now…

It seems like every time i board the bus I'm the only mug actually paying, i tap on and off with my bank card. Everyone else is a pensioner using their free bus pass, or people my age (30s) have a white pass card.. Which means they're on the sick

To make matters worse, i visit across the border sometimes to the Wirral and buses are so much more reasonably.. £2 for a single trip

I can drive bus i gave up cars a few years ago to save money and live a more simpler life

I'm in South Wales and a daily bus ticket is £8.80 😲
A standard return is £6.60.
I also feel jealous of the England £2 cap per journey.

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CaptainArcher · 30/03/2025 23:16

PickAChew · 30/03/2025 23:11

The fare cap In England has t been £2 since last year. You will be old one day. Enjoy the youth you have.

Why should old people be equated with poor people? They've had an entire lifetime to get their sh*t together.

My grandparents are certainly not poor. They've got a house worth half a million, tons of investments, a car, pensions, but they get sent the magic free bus white card through the door from the Labour party in Cardiff.

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PickAChew · 30/03/2025 23:11

The fare cap In England has t been £2 since last year. You will be old one day. Enjoy the youth you have.

TeapotTitties · 30/03/2025 23:09

I'm not sure you'd feel better if you were elderly or sick.

LivingDeadGirlUK · 30/03/2025 23:09

you are surprised the elderly and disabled are using buses instead of running cars?

PinkFrogss · 30/03/2025 23:07

Maybe spend less time obsessing over how other people in the bus are scanning on/paying.

Run through the costs of bus vs car and either buy a car or accept the bus is cheaper. Or find a closer/work from home/hybrid job.

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