Comments on: Never Use A Random ATM http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/automated-teller-machine-scams.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:01:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: X http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/automated-teller-machine-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-666 X Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:18:18 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/atm-scams.html#comment-666 Going to the teller might not be the answer: I've read that some banks are starting to charge fees for teller transactions, in order to drive people to ATMs and lower their labor costs. Going to the teller might not be the answer: I’ve read that some banks are starting to charge fees for teller transactions, in order to drive people to ATMs and lower their labor costs.

]]> By: jim http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/automated-teller-machine-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-665 jim Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:38:57 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/atm-scams.html#comment-665 ATM frequency is a huge part of deciding what kind of bank to use... the bank I use is a credit union at work so I have daily access to tellers and ATMs without any sort of inconvenience. Bank of America has commercials about how many ATMs they have (they do have a lot) but even at a branded ATM, double check for those scandalous "additions." ATM frequency is a huge part of deciding what kind of bank to use… the bank I use is a credit union at work so I have daily access to tellers and ATMs without any sort of inconvenience. Bank of America has commercials about how many ATMs they have (they do have a lot) but even at a branded ATM, double check for those scandalous “additions.”

]]> By: Matt http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/automated-teller-machine-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-664 Matt Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:52:19 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/atm-scams.html#comment-664 There's an argument to be made for choosing a bank (at least for your most-liquid account) based on ATM prevalence. As for me, I honestly can't remember the last time I had face-to-face contact with a bank employee for any purpose other than opening a new account. But I would only use a competing bank's ATM in a true emergency...and I honestly think it would have to be a matter of life and death for me to use an ATM not affiliated with a well-known bank. (I prefer the ones physically attached to a bank branch, but will use any that I know to be legitimate...every Walgreen's drugstore in Chicagoland, for example, has a BankOne ATM inside, and I know those aren't fakes.) There’s an argument to be made for choosing a bank (at least for your most-liquid account) based on ATM prevalence. As for me, I honestly can’t remember the last time I had face-to-face contact with a bank employee for any purpose other than opening a new account.

But I would only use a competing bank’s ATM in a true emergency…and I honestly think it would have to be a matter of life and death for me to use an ATM not affiliated with a well-known bank. (I prefer the ones physically attached to a bank branch, but will use any that I know to be legitimate…every Walgreen’s drugstore in Chicagoland, for example, has a BankOne ATM inside, and I know those aren’t fakes.)

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