From: "Andy Pandy" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Free Atm's
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:05:51 +0100


"Adrian Boliston"  wrote in message
news:4j4tnqF67nebU1@individual.net...
> "linkuk"  wrote in message
> news:Ua3zg.7566$ts3.7006@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
>
> >I see the banks are saying good they are being to customers by installing
> >more free atm's in areas that dont currently have them.
> > This is purely due the banks being socially concerned of course and
> > nothing to do with banks about to announce another set of record breaking
> > profits again this week.
>
> I think fee charging ATMs have a benefit in that they encorage people to use
> cards for transactions instead of faffing around with cash and counting out
> little pieces of outdated metal & paper.

"Faffing around" with cash is usually a lot quicker than faffing around with cards.
Our local supermarket used to have a "cash only" 10-items lane, which I'd use even if
the queue was longer than the other 10-items lanes because people got through so much
quicker.

--
Andy