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Left Stranded Due to Faulty ATM

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  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    To prepare for situations like this you could get yourself a pre-paid Visa card and top it up with £20, you could even keep adding the odd fiver here and there over time and before you know it next time you are up !!!!!! creek without a paddle you have the means to access cash from another ATM or get cash back from a supermarket or pay for a train ticket etc.

    Hindsight is torture but please try and learn from this experience, rather than dwell too much on the negative situation try and turn it in to a positive.

    Google Cash Plus or pre-paid Visa and you will find a suitable product.

    Regards

    Pro
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • newlywed
    newlywed Posts: 8,255 Forumite
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    Some time ago I learned not to rely on one account:
    A&L computers went down. No cash from any cash machine (even other banks), refusal when trying to use card at a shop - therefore no money for petrol, no money for food etc. A&L said basically nothing will work and they didn't know how long it would be till the fault was sorted (thankfully it was only a few hours in the end).

    Ever since then I have opened two simple cash card accounts with different banks and use them to budget each month, eg car repairs/road tax savings goes in one account, gas and electric prepay money goes in another. Next time, at least I will be able to get to a cash point and get some sort of money out ;)
    working on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?
  • agsnu
    agsnu Posts: 1,457 Forumite
    newlywed wrote: »
    Ever since then I have opened two simple cash card accounts with different banks and use them to budget each month, eg car repairs/road tax savings goes in one account, gas and electric prepay money goes in another. Next time, at least I will be able to get to a cash point and get some sort of money out ;)

    Unless, of course, LINK goes down. ;)
  • al25
    al25 Posts: 175 Forumite
    Welcome to the real world my friend!
  • The_Jester
    The_Jester Posts: 230 Forumite
    Just goes to show there are many bitter people on here that like to spout complete pish but don't know what they are talking about!!!

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  • jambosans
    jambosans Posts: 1,493 Forumite
    The_Jester wrote: »
    Just goes to show there are many bitter people on here that like to spout complete pish but don't know what they are talking about!!!

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    A gesture of goodwill is not accepting liability, A&L were admitting customer service failings, but your lack of foresight was still a contributing factor to the situation. I think you got some good advice on this thread, with the only bitterness now being excreted by yourself.
    Anything I post is my opinion, so from time to time I may be wrong. I try to provide answers based in fact, however I don't know everything, so (like all posters on MSE), take what I say with a pinch of salt.
  • stclair
    stclair Posts: 6,855 Forumite
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    Are you giving the £80.00 to a charity of your choice? *rolls eyes*
    Im an ex employee RBS Group
    However Any Opinion Given On MSE Is Strictly My Own
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    The_Jester wrote: »
    Just goes to show there are many bitter people on here that like to spout complete pish but don't know what they are talking about!!!

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    You could put the £80 on to a pre-paid Visa or Mastercard and keep it for emergencies.
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • noh
    noh Posts: 5,818 Forumite
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    stclair wrote: »
    Are you giving the £80.00 to a charity of your choice? *rolls eyes*

    Or using £40 to keep you petrol tank topped up and perhaps keeping the other £40 in your wallet for the next time you may find yourself in a similar position?
  • The_Jester
    The_Jester Posts: 230 Forumite
    I see you're all still in denial and won't accept you're wrong. I assume you're all women or if not sit down to go for a pee :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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