£5 note has disappeared from cash machines

Niv

subjecttocontract said:

My local Tesco Supermarket cash machine only ever dishes out £50 notes. I complained and they couldnt understand why I had a problem. These are about as useful to me as a chocolate teapot. As a result I've stopped using the cash machine. Lots of others provide £5 & £10 notes.

why don't you just do two transactions withdraw £40 then £10. No £50 note then.

Barkin

subjecttocontract said:

My local Tesco Supermarket cash machine only ever dishes out £50 notes. 

So you can only withdraw cash in multiples of £50?

I've never seen that, and I've never had a £50 note from a cash machine either - even when taking out several hundreds of pounds. 

NoMoneyNoWorries

Barkin said:

subjecttocontract said:

My local Tesco Supermarket cash machine only ever dishes out £50 notes. 

So you can only withdraw cash in multiples of £50?

I've never seen that, and I've never had a £50 note from a cash machine either - even when taking out several hundreds of pounds. 

Don't know whether it is a trial or not but I have have recently seen  £50 notes from Tesco ATMs - I have never seen these before in my area - although I have heard about it for years in London

theATMguru

Barkin said:

subjecttocontract said:

My local Tesco Supermarket cash machine only ever dishes out £50 notes. 

So you can only withdraw cash in multiples of £50?

I've never seen that, and I've never had a £50 note from a cash machine either - even when taking out several hundreds of pounds. 

The poster is incorrect. 

These ATMs will issue a £50 but only if you ask for over £100. Even then you will get only one £50.

in the rare occasions you do request £50 and get a £50 that’s solely down to an error with the £10 notes.

But yes, there will be far more £50 dispensing ATMs in the UK in the coming years to meet customer demand, the appetite of the Bank of England, reduce costs and recognise that £50 doesn’t get you much these days.

zagfles

theATMguru said:

Barkin said:

subjecttocontract said:

My local Tesco Supermarket cash machine only ever dishes out £50 notes. 

So you can only withdraw cash in multiples of £50?

I've never seen that, and I've never had a £50 note from a cash machine either - even when taking out several hundreds of pounds. 

The poster is incorrect. 

These ATMs will issue a £50 but only if you ask for over £100. Even then you will get only one £50.

in the rare occasions you do request £50 and get a £50 that’s solely down to an error with the £10 notes.

But yes, there will be far more £50 dispensing ATMs in the UK in the coming years to meet customer demand, the appetite of the Bank of England, reduce costs and recognise that £50 doesn’t get you much these days.

It does seem in the UK we have an aversion to using high value notes. Never in my life have I used a £50 note, but on brief trips abroad I've quite often used much higher value notes eg USD/EUR 100's. Most cashpoints in the Eurozone will issue EUR50's as their main note and have done since the Euro was introduced. In Germany quite often 100's.

Was behind someone in a petrol station in Belgium who paying with a 1000 EUR note, didn't seem to phase the staff!

eDicky

zagfles said:

theATMguru said:

Barkin said:

subjecttocontract said:

My local Tesco Supermarket cash machine only ever dishes out £50 notes. 

So you can only withdraw cash in multiples of £50?

I've never seen that, and I've never had a £50 note from a cash machine either - even when taking out several hundreds of pounds. 

The poster is incorrect. 

These ATMs will issue a £50 but only if you ask for over £100. Even then you will get only one £50.

in the rare occasions you do request £50 and get a £50 that’s solely down to an error with the £10 notes.

But yes, there will be far more £50 dispensing ATMs in the UK in the coming years to meet customer demand, the appetite of the Bank of England, reduce costs and recognise that £50 doesn’t get you much these days.

Was behind someone in a petrol station in Belgium who paying with a 1000 EUR note, didn't seem to phase the staff!

More likely a 500€ note, there's no 1000 bill. I've never noticed any hesitation in having a 500 accepted, although I wouldn't use one to buy a coffee..

zagfles

eDicky said:

zagfles said:

theATMguru said:

Barkin said:

subjecttocontract said:

My local Tesco Supermarket cash machine only ever dishes out £50 notes. 

So you can only withdraw cash in multiples of £50?

I've never seen that, and I've never had a £50 note from a cash machine either - even when taking out several hundreds of pounds. 

The poster is incorrect. 

These ATMs will issue a £50 but only if you ask for over £100. Even then you will get only one £50.

in the rare occasions you do request £50 and get a £50 that’s solely down to an error with the £10 notes.

But yes, there will be far more £50 dispensing ATMs in the UK in the coming years to meet customer demand, the appetite of the Bank of England, reduce costs and recognise that £50 doesn’t get you much these days.

Was behind someone in a petrol station in Belgium who paying with a 1000 EUR note, didn't seem to phase the staff!

More likely a 500€ note, there's no 1000 bill. I've never noticed any hesitation in having a 500 accepted, although I wouldn't use one to buy a coffee..

Possibly - was a long time ago...