From: John Boyle 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Cash Machine Withdraw Fees..
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:34:21 +0100

In message , 
Mark Goodge  writes
>I would expect them to be provided for free by the site operator as a
>means of adding value to the service they provide to their customers.


?? But how would the cost of installation and running it justify it?
>People are more likely to use shops with a cash mashine in them than
>shops without, so it's a kind of loss-leader.

Not for small shops.


>That's certainly how
>most of the big supermarkets see it.

Err,not quite. The megamarkets come to quite peculiar deals with the 
banks who are quite anxious to have their own machine in a place where 
it can be guaranteed that 100k+ people will walk past it every day.

I dont mean this to sound insulting but your idea of how it works is 
rather niaive.
-- 
John Boyle