MSE Forum poll: What do you tend to do if an ATM charges you to withdraw money?

MSE_JC

You're out and about, you're looking to get some cash out, the first ATM you find charges you a fee to withdraw...what are you most likely to do in this situation?

Mark_d

I tend to use ATMs attached to banks.  I've not come across one of these that wanted to charge me.

BridgetTheCat

I keep 2x£20 notes in the back of my phone case for emergencies. But since contactless and apple wallet came in I barely use cash any more.

DE_612183

A lot of the ATMs that charge are in places where you have no option - like service stations etc...

But to honest I hardly use cash at all - only to buy fish & chips as my chippy only takes cash...

ButterCheese

I try to plan as much as possible if I ever need cash.  E.g. my barber only takes cash, so I make sure I withdraw it from a free cash machine beforehand.  I refuse to pay £1.50 - £2 to get my own money.  Luckily there is a free Lloyds cashpoint nearby, and a free ATM in our corner shop.  

Like most other people have said, I barely use cash at all now, apart from the barber.  I used to always give my son cash if he was meeting his friends in town, but now I just give him my card because we don't have cash at home!