Originally Posted by
Toshbaf
Why do people, seemingly always young Black men (not women or older) at Howard Beach or Jamaica stations want my used MetroCard, even if it has no value left? Are they hoping there's some value left? Or they can use the $1 cost that a MetroCard with no value costs?
Google is your friend?
I just found out that some
1) hope that there's still value left on them
2) hope that there's still time left on them if they are a weekly pass that some visitors buy
3) might have some value if an arriving passenger doesn't have a Metrocard and wants to save the $1 fee it costs to buy a new card
One newspaper article quoted a man who claimed he can earn $30-80/day. Some of them sell swipes for less than the $2.75 fare.