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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by sumedh on Saturday November 10, 2018 @09:33PM (#18424687)
> you go to the bank and get more cash.

Not sure which country you are talking about but the vast majority of people go to an ATM not the bank to get cash. You still need a debit card to get cash from an ATM.

Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by rs23296008n1 on Saturday November 10, 2018 @10:26PM (#18424863)
In my country I can withdraw cash from the machine as I pay for shopping at the supermarket. And I'm not saying I withdraw cash then pay. I pay with the card AND the cash I withdrew comes out after the transaction is complete.

I haven't been to a bank for getting cash in 10 years. And as you say, ATMs are where you get cash.

Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by nickpsecurity on Sunday November 11, 2018 @12:55AM (#18425187)
We can do that here in the Mid-South, too. Got a story you might like. The customer, service desk which allows some cash back for free was packed. So, I had to go to register with something to buy. I tried to minimize the cost overall for a $500 withdraw at a company with $100 max per transaction. I hit their self checkout. I did five orders on the machine each with a single grape. Each order was one cent plus $100 cash back. Total transaction cost was five cents.

Self-checkout person was going "what the hell?" on that one. I also heard her talking to others about being hungry from break being delayed. I gave her the grapes after explaining what I was doing. She was happy, too. Probably did it herself at some point haha. Cashiers trip out to this day if I tell them about that whenever someone is buying a candy bar or something to get cash back. Occasionally, person in line leaves to get a grape. Just one. :)

Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by Aeolun on Saturday November 10, 2018 @10:49PM (#18424939)
Hence, if your wallet is stolen, you go to the bank, not the ATM.

But I actually assumed just the cash was gone. Either bank or ATM works fine in that situation.