On Nov 13, 2:21*pm, Sheldon > wrote:
> 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.- Hide quoted text -
>
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Relax, Shel, the few times I've used ATMs, I go to the one at my own
banking institution = no fee. I'm just curious about the fees. Many
of the ones you cite are one-time costs. They still don't cost as
much as real people to do those transactins. Each to own, and all
that.

N.