In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour

Re:In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour by kodt on Saturday October 21, 2023 @11:49AM (#37967777)

Yeah, I wanted to pay a contractor in cash. The amount was under $1,000. The bank would not allow me to take that much out without calling them a day or two in advance.

(I did later find out that same branch had been robbed earlier that month)

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Re:In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour by yieldcrv on Saturday October 21, 2023 @12:15PM (#37968072)

That bank

and your relationship with that bank

you shouldn’t have to be limited to a payment/custody system where you think about it but that’s how it is

always fix your banking rails before you need them

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Re:In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour by encoderer on Saturday October 21, 2023 @01:00PM (#37968527)

Not being able to access $1k cash is inexcusable. I would switch banks.

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Re:In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour by SoftTalker on Saturday October 21, 2023 @01:04PM (#37968572)

Yeah that's not really a lot of money these days.

I had no trouble last year walking in to my bank and getting $7,000 in cash to buy a car. They didn't have it in the drawer at the counter, but it took them just a few minutes to go the the back room/vault and get it.

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Re:In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour by rhodysurf on Saturday October 21, 2023 @02:58PM (#37969555)

It’s not usually a problem because they will happily give a cashiers check

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