jujube
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I usually just go to my bank ATM because there's one near about everywhere I go, but if necessary, I'll get some cash at WAWA gas station if I need to as their ATM's don't charge a service fee.....only the bank does.
ATM fees
- Thread starter The Inspector
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Robusta
Member
- Location
- upstate New York
Where do you bank where that is even a concern? I use a debit card for most local purchases of $20.00 or more any debit transaction at any Credit Union owned machine is free,and my CU reimburses fees from commercial banks. Out of our area and online I always use credit cards.
I can't get over being worried about someone observing you at an ATM, I could not live in an area so crime infested that I was always scared of something.
Butterfly
SF VIP
- Location
- Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
Unfortunately, crime is everywhere nowdays. I'm not "always scared of something" but I do use common sense in what I do, like in not using outside ATMs in the dark ANYWHERE, EVER. I'm not always scared of getting hit by a train, but I don't run out in front of them, either.
Just because you don't have a lot of bad guys in your neighborhood doesn't mean they don't come in from elsewhere. A little old lady (as I guess I am) getting cash out of an ATM, particularly outside, or even inside, is a great target for bad guys.
I have had to pay for a dollar purchase before with my ATM card because I never carry cash.
