On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 09:14:02AM -0500, Darrell Fuhriman wrote: > >I have encountered ATM machines in the USA that happily give you > >amounts > >with a $1 granularity. (For additional hate: I once ended up > >getting $2 > > > > Wow. I've never seen such a thing ? back in the dirt poor days, I > used to know where all the machines that gave out $5 bills were, in > case I didn't have $20 in my checking account, but have never seen > one that gave out $1 bills.
Genuardi's in Norristown has (or used to have) an ATM dispensing $1 bills.
> >"oh, no, you already used this machine today, you'll have to wait
> >another
> >day"). Of course, that still doesn't mean you should have to type the
> >trailing 00s.
>
> Ooo... that is hateful. My bank just won't let me take more than a
> certain amount (I think $500) in one day, but it doesn't care how
> many times I use it.
Well, my bank doesn't care either, so it was either the dispensing
bank, or the machine itself. I just used a different card to get money.
I think this was either the airport in Atlanta or Orlando.
> >>Many Dutch machines also carry EUR 5 notes, so I presume getting
> >>an amount
> >of (10k + 5) EUR for some k is possible. I'll try next time I get
> >money.
>
> I always liked the fact that European (for German values thereof)
> gave a mix of notes ?
Well, it depends from ATM to ATM! I usually draw EUR 200 (so I don't
have to use the machine that often) from an ATM, and it's always a gamble
whether I get any say in which notes I want. Once (in Austria), I got 2
x 100, many give 4 x 50, others give 2 x 50 + 5 x 20, and my preferred
kind gives me four or five options to choose from.
> never understood why US machines don't.
As I said, more than once (twice actually, one time just to try out
whether it would give me US 99 (it did), and once by accident (typing 200
instead of 20000) I've gotten single dollar bills from an ATM. No idea
how common they are.
> Probably would confuse the poor machine since the notes are all the
> same physical size or something. It's also (IMO) why the $20 note
> got the name "Yuppy food coupon" and why retail places tend to get
> annoyed if you give them $50 or $100 notes ? no one uses them much.
>
> Tangent: have USians noticed that the $10 bill isn't as common as it
> used to be? Take a look at the cash registers while shopping ?
> you'll see a lot more $20 and $5 notes that you will $10. Odd.
Isn't the bulk of US cash transactions handled by the $20 note, the $1 note
and the quarter?
Ob. hate: Machines validating parking tickets that don't accept EUR 0.05
coins as payment, but happily swallowing them, not indicating it's
not accepting them as payment, and not giving them back.
Abigail
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