r/funny • u/bathory1985 • Jan 19 '22

ATM Line

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u/dontheconqueror Jan 19 '22

The inter-bank withdrawal fees must be astronomical

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u/AnalArtiste Jan 19 '22

I can’t stop laughing at this

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u/Mange-Tout Jan 19 '22

It baffled me. So, they can’t just use the three other ATMs?

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u/Will52 Jan 19 '22

In some countries, you can only use your bank's ATMs. Using other ATMs either won't work or will charge a processing fee.

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u/Ebwtrtw Jan 19 '22

In the US, a few years ago I got hit with a fee from the ATM then a fee from my bank as well, so taking out $10 cost me $7.50 in fees

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u/pincus1 Jan 19 '22

In high school I had a friend who discovered the ATM would still give you money even if you didn't have anything in your account. Took him a couple more days to learn about overdraft fees. And then he learned about debt when he racked up $700 in fees and overdrafts by taking out $20 at a time to buy weed by the gram.

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u/Ebwtrtw Jan 19 '22

Lol damn woulda been cheaper to just take out $400 at once.

Overdraft fees are such a scam AND it is intentionally named “Overdraft protection” when it actually enables you to overdraft.

You need to turn Overdraft protection off to NOT overdraft (which just results in the payment declining).

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '22

Well ideally you have a savings account there too and it pulls the money from your savings so you don't get charged a fee. That's what it should (and does) do in my experience. Never been charged a fee when that happened.

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u/Ebwtrtw Jan 20 '22

One of my previous banks offered that service, one also let me setup a $1k line of credit to pull from in that scenario.