Britain being forced to go cashless 'against its will'

Re:Britain being forced to go cashless 'against its will' by jjav on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:06AM (#30864303)

> Nowadays, I pay more than $5 on any withdrawal from a machine that isn’t affiliated with my bank.

That's borderline criminal. Look for a better bank, there's no reason to be hit with such fees.

I have accounts at four banks and none of them charge me fees for getting cash out of a different banks ATM. The ATM will show a default message that it is charging a fee, but it never actually gets charged.

I believe there is some limit to how many withdrawals a month they'll do for free, but I've never reached it (and I mostly use cash for privacy).

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Re:Britain being forced to go cashless 'against its will' by hluska on Thursday March 31, 2022 @09:40PM (#30874293)

Hey friend! Thanks for writing such a friendly, helpful reply.

You’re 100% right that I need a new bank. I spent more than an hour on the phone this morning with them and by the end, cryptocurrency was looking pretty good…

I’m going to do an experiment and actually take cash out of some different banks’ machines then check my account and see how much I actually paid. That’s a neat idea - if I don’t actually get charged the fees, that completely changes the game.

Thanks again - I enjoyed that a lot!!

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