MetroCards, which New York City subway and bus system riders used for decades to pay for trips before their discontinuation, are now selling for thousands online.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority stopped issuing new cards or allowing existing cards to be refilled on Jan. 1, though people still can use MetroCards with money on them until a date later this year, which the agency has not yet specified.
On eBay, sellers are trying to unload MetroCards for as much as $50,000…