Nancy2 wrote:
> "Dimitri" wrote:
>
> > The thread on grocery stores has taken a little drift over to the self
> > checkout subject.
>
> > We need to stop and think for a minute about what business is doing to us.
>
> > 1. � �ATM'S are a labor saving device - they are designed to have the
> > customer do the data entry for their transaction thereby eliminating
> > teller-labor-costs.
>
> Yup, I'm still trying to figure out why banks charge $1.50-$3.00 per
> ATM transaction....I think the answer is, because they can. �The best
> of both worlds - no salaries, no benefits, plus a charge for a
> mechanical function.

Those fees should be doubled, TRIPPLED!.

ATMs cost, they cost everyone, including those who don't use them; the
price of the machine, the installation, maintenance, security, and
there is still a certain amount of manual labor in accounting and
someone needs to fill it with $20s. There should be a fee, to the
immature idiots who are incapable of making one large cash withdrawal
say monthy and budgeting themselves... instead of using it like a
daily allowance titty from their mommy. I've never used an ATM,
they're unnecessary. An ATM costs substantially more than a human
teller... I resent having to subsidize the pinheads who use them so
they can save time at my expense.