ATM out of cash - signs of things to come?

[korrupt_1]

I went to take out $300 for petty cash this week at a local Adelaide metro CBA ATM on Saturday morning. First 2 machines were out of service, so I went to the third one.

Almost every time I can remember, ATMs always give out $50 notes first, then $20 to make up the odd numbers. This time however, it spewed out 15 x $20 notes - very strange I thought. Perhaps people have been taking alot out? I wondered why the other ATMs was out of service? Perhaps they already ran out of cash?

Surely, the banks would have topped the machine up before the weekend? Also, it was only around Saturday 9am. Could it have ran out of money so fast?

I know some here talk about putting cash under their beds, but surely, that is in jest? Perhaps people are doing it for real and have taken money out and hence ATMs are running dry?

 

[agro]

I went to take out $300 for petty cash this week at a local Adelaide metro CBA ATM on Saturday morning. First 2 machines were out of service, so I went to the third one.

Almost every time I can remember, ATMs always give out $50 notes first, then $20 to make up the odd numbers. This time however, it spewed out 15 x $20 notes - very strange I thought. Perhaps people have been taking alot out? I wondered why the other ATMs was out of service? Perhaps they already ran out of cash?

Surely, the banks would have topped the machine up before the weekend? Also, it was only around Saturday 9am. Could it have ran out of money so fast?

I know some here talk about putting cash under their beds, but surely, that is in jest? Perhaps people are doing it for real and have taken money out and hence ATMs are running dry?

some people get paranoid..

 

[BradK]

Coincidence. Unfortunate coincidence

 

[pacestick]

atms were running out of cash before the crisis and will be doing so after

 

[korrupt_1]

perhaps it was a coincident... but guys... i've been going to this atm for the last 8 years and can never remember 2 down atm and 1 refusing to pay me the normal $50 notes...

 

[Pommiegranite]

I went to take out $300 for petty cash this week at a local Adelaide metro CBA ATM on Saturday morning. First 2 machines were out of service, so I went to the third one.

Almost every time I can remember, ATMs always give out $50 notes first, then $20 to make up the odd numbers. This time however, it spewed out 15 x $20 notes - very strange I thought. Perhaps people have been taking alot out? I wondered why the other ATMs was out of service? Perhaps they already ran out of cash?

Surely, the banks would have topped the machine up before the weekend? Also, it was only around Saturday 9am. Could it have ran out of money so fast?

I know some here talk about putting cash under their beds, but surely, that is in jest? Perhaps people are doing it for real and have taken money out and hence ATMs are running dry?

People are going crazy depositing plenty of cash. The credit crisis is a CREDIT crisis, so unless you tried withdrawing cash using your credit card, you have nothing to worry about. If you were trying to withdraw cash using your credit card, and was refused, then "about bloody time" is what I say!

 

[Awesomandy]

I'm guessing that the atm ran out of 50's because the first 2 were out of service.

 

[cordelia]

perhaps it was a coincident... but guys... i've been going to this atm for the last 8 years and can never remember 2 down atm and 1 refusing to pay me the normal $50 notes...

Trust your gut feeling ..my friend...not people's opinions...

 

[Tang]

I'm guessing that the atm ran out of 50's because the first 2 were out of service.

Precisely.

The ATM at the pub I used to work at only held $40k, which would run dry on a thurs/fri/sat night. That was in $20's, so it could hold about $100k in $50's.

So it doesnt take a long time to run dry.

 

[son of baglimit]

and they wonder how rumours start.

as per last weeks 'CBA going bust cos they wont gimme my pension', on most other days no one would give too hoots, but as it coincided with the market tanking, and the heavy media interest in the subject, joe & norma braindead either create or add to a rumour, and hey presto, its on the radio for all the gossipers to spread around.

i worked for a bank in the late 80's, and sure some banks had problems at the time, but this particular bank, while under no such pressure, felt the need to spend millions over 2 years ensuring its atm network was as available as possible, just to prevent the braindead from thinking just cos an atm was closed (thru a multitude of possible problems) it must mean they have no more cash.
"quick flo, pull all ya money out, its the depression again - you buy the dripping, ive got the stale bread"

say what you want, i have NO TIME for these morons.

 

[Julia]

I completely agree, S.O.B. Some people just seem to need a sense of drama to enliven their lives or something.

 

[Glen48]

I go my cheque from Comsec today would have like a bit more $$$$ but I back the wrong ones and they seem to take few days to pay but its all ok now

 

[Speewha]

"quick flo, pull all ya money out, its the depression again - you buy the dripping, ive got the stale bread".

Hello
S.O.B Agree with you 100% mate re rumours, but just had to let you know love bread and dripping especially turkey dripping, best part of Christmas eats for me.

In London a few years ago turkey sandwich with dripping and cranberry sauce in some Hooray Henry posh eatery was 20 quid .. not for Flo anymore.

Regards

 

[refined silver]

say what you want, i have NO TIME for these morons.

A moron is someone who'd gamble their whole life savings trusting that the govt would always tell the truth and always save you.

I have friends who've lost life savings because of bank collapses, in the last decade in other countires.

Go back and read the statements of Bernanke, Paulson and co for the last year, "this sub-prime crisis is contained", "there will be fallout on the wider economy", etc, etc, etc. There are 2 choices, either they haven't got a clue what's happening until after it happens, or secondly, they know but are lying through their teeth. I personally believe its a combination, they are both clueless and liars.

A moron is someone who says "the govt will save me" and takes no steps to protect themselves.