No money in ATM counter!!!

India
October 1, 2012 3:46am CST
As guests are coming, I went to buy stuffs from market here; hubby’s pension was credited to his account last evening, so we try to draw money from the counter near the temple; close to our home, I am so upset, it had no money, we went to three others; the doors were open, in one there was a dog and a calf. There was no armed guard too. Hubby called the manager of the bank; he said; he is aware of all these; but he can’t do anything; as the work was entrusted to private contractors; it was done at high level. [b]One thing friends; we know fake counterfeit currency; torn notes, comes out from the ATM too, at times the money is less; complaints to officers, news flash in TV has no effect. So what about your place? Any such experience? Do you use ATM for money with drawl and marketing? Some shops here accept ATM and credit cards, but not all. Please share your valued opinion on this story.[/b] Kalyani October 1, 2012.
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sishy7
@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
1 Oct 12
Yes, some times closest ATM here is also out-of-service; perhaps the reason is also because it runs out of money... But I sure never went into one where I found a calf...
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theSids
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
1 Oct 12
Good morning sishy
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Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
1 Oct 12
Runs out of money, haha, thnxs for response
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sishy7
@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
1 Oct 12
It's almost night time again here...
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
10 Nov 12
Luckily, here in the Philippines the ATMS are plentiful, Kalyni. And the banks specially when it's holidays, they really replenish the cash on the ATM machines. Besides, they see to it that what they put in there are genuine money, lest they will be complained to the Central Bank. Banks are supposed to know what is genuine and what is counterfeit, so they should never ever put fake money on the ATM machines.
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Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
16 Nov 12
Actually the agents employed by the banks play foul, i was told, thanks for sharing, hubby has international credit card, hope he can use in your country..
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
17 Nov 12
Yes, here in the Philippines, international cards are accepted. Thus, tourists merely use their credit cards. Thanks for the BR Kalyni.
ajithlal
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
2 Oct 12
It happened to me a lot of time and most times there would be no money in the ATM. Sometimes it might be very urgent for me to have money and I find no money in the ATM when I go to withdraw money. Hope in the future there would be enough money in the ATM.
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Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
2 Oct 12
Today i filed complaint to higher authorities, thanks.
ryanong
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
2 Oct 12
yeah, it happened to me many time also. it is frustrating when we need money but ATM doesn't work well. I always make sure i have currency whenever i wanna buy something.
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theSids
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
1 Oct 12
Dear Mam This is the state of ATMs in almost every place - month start and they have no funds. Maybe we all get paid almost the same dates (like last day of the month or even the 1st of the month) and we all wait to withdraw on the same dates. Luckily, we have been able to find a solution though a not fool proof one - we have arranged to pay out the rentals and also the bills of electricity or others later between 5-15th of every month and this does help sometimes.
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Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
1 Oct 12
I wonder why there is no funds in the machines, well they should put more in 1st week of every month
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ryanong
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
2 Oct 12
well, it depends on where that ATM is. If it is in the center, many people withdraw money from it then for sure its currency is gone soon..
natliegleb
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
2 Oct 12
hahah that is so funny,if you ask the security guards they will tell you when the money would be restocked and you can try after some time,it happens quite a lot of time in my area
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Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
2 Oct 12
Most booths have no guards..
vidhyaprakash_2
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
11 Jan 13
Kalyani mam, sad to hear about your issues. In our place ATM machines are working properly as well as have security guard. I never find dog or calf in the ATM center in my place, as you mentioned prof called to the manager and he told that he knows about every things. Really the bank is very careless to let the ATM center in this useless way.
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Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
13 Jan 13
Thanks for response Such problems still persists
Sreekala
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
1 Oct 12
Dear Ma, It happened in many times, the ATM is empty. I must add, in this place ATM centers are plenty now. I wish to share some incident happened 5 days ago. 5 crore rupees robbed and the money was supposed to put on ATM machine. 3 days ago, the driver of the vehicle, absconded with 40 lakhs rupees, this money also meant to put in ATM. Now where is the safety? Life is insecure, all over the world.
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Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
1 Oct 12
Sree beti Yes i agree with you, life is unsecured, incidents you are telling are happening every where
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macdingolinger
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
1 Oct 12
This is very frustrating to me as well! One day I went to one of the ATMs for my bank and it was not working and I drove all the way across town to find the only other one not working as well. I was very upset but I did not know how to work on them myself! lol So I just had to wait!
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Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
2 Oct 12
There is no way left, thanks for response
kingparker
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
2 Oct 12
With those big banks ATM, we don't have issue with them. Although I heard one or two complaints from the radio before. But, at a club one time, I tried to use my credit card to withdraw some cash, it just didn't work. Probably that machine was out of money at the moment. So, I don't know about India, but here in the U.S.A, we rarely encountered such problem as you described.
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Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
16 Nov 12
Thanks for telling me about your country
ryanong
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
2 Oct 12
Yeah, i used to be in that situation, i withdraw money but no money comes out at all. I guess that ATM is empty of money. You can try to withdraw money from the others ATMs..
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Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
2 Oct 12
You are right, one should move to nearby ATMs of other banks too.
amit122
@amit122 (13)
• Germany
2 Oct 12
yup that true yesterday in market i go to take money for buy cloths but thier r four ATM and out of money so i go to bank that near to ATM i say ur ATM is not woking so they we know that and we do nothing ! so i just come back to home and today going to buy my cloths !
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Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
2 Oct 12
ok, thanks for details and welcome to mylot