Turns out the BahnCard that arrived unexpectedly wasn’t quite the bumbling bureaucrat oversight I thought. It seems as though I signed up for an annual BahnCard – reissued every year. As DB didn’t have my Australian address, they didn’t get the bill to me (but managed to get the card here somehow). A couple of days ago I receive a letter from some debt collectors in Germany wanting blood. With the promise that they’ll arrange for the collection of said blood even in Australia.
So, cost of card plus debt collector’s fee plus international transfer fee: AUD$180. Having a stupid railway discount card with a bad picture and wrong name that you can’t use: really frickin’ annoying!
P.S. thanks Miriam!
— Rhys · Dec 1, 01:39 AM · #