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Old Jan 17, 2017 | 9:48 pm
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Originally Posted by rkkwan
evergrn - You should definitely just keep the card. If it requires reactivation, so be it. Otherwise, you'll still need to go to the counter and purchase a new one anyways. And, never heard of anyone "losing" money on a dormant card.
Okay. Will definitely take your advice.

Once upon a time, my Japanese public phone card didn't work after ~6month hiatus. Had no way of recouping whatever value was left on it. This was a flimsy card with magnetic stripe, though. So Octopus card should be a different matter.
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