Very Windy Day!

[Caran]

I went to the cashpoint yesterday. Finished my transaction and the wind blew a tenner out of my hand. Looked everywhere but the wind was so strong it was a waste of time from the start. Very annoying but hey what an you do?

[Buenchico]

Oh dear, Caran!

Let's hope that the next time you go to the ATM someone else will lose a £20 note, that lands by your feet, meaning that you'll end up in profit ;-)

Definitely don't go back to a cash point yourself tomorrow though, as the BBC weather site is forecasting winds above 40mph (and closer to 50mph at times) between 8am and 7pm for your area.

[jno]

blame Reg Varney!

Is there a bank with cashpoints inside?

[Buenchico]

^^^ The ones inside banks are handy when one is feeling rich, Jno. For example, Barclays personal customers can only withdraw a maximum of £300 per day from external cash machines but the limit for their internal machines is £2000. (I found that out when I needed cash to buy a car a few months ago. The only extra security question was that the machine required me to type in my date of birth).

For anyone who doesn't understand your Reg Varney reference:

[Buenchico]

^^^ I remember when the first Barclays ATMs were introduced in Sheffield. There were no plastic cards in those days. Each withdrawal needed a non-reusable punch card, which only gave £10 back. So, for example, to withdraw £30 one had to make three separate withdrawals.

The punch cards were posted out from Barclays HQ with just 5 in an envelope, together with a slip which had to be posted back to Barclays to place an order for the next 5 cards. (In practice that meant posting the slip off as soon as one received the pack of 5 cards, in the hope that one wouldn't run out of cash before the next pack arrived).

[Hopkirk]

Stop using cash. Problem solved.