System Is Down.

@rakski (156709)

Philippines

August 8, 2025 12:07am CST

Yesterday, one of my agenda items was to go to grocery. Unfortunately for me, their system is down and they just accept cash payment. I am supposed to pay via online banking, but I cannot. I need to withdraw cash, apparently most of the ATMs I went to yesterday were either offline or out of cash. I need to go out later for grocery again.

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@Shivram59 (50329)

• India

8 Aug

Such problems often arise. Here we pay online, but sometimes the system is down.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

11 Aug

@Shivram59 I hope so

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

same here

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@Shivram59 (50329)

• India

11 Aug

@rakski Now it is functioning well.

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@DaddyEvil (174708)

• United States

8 Aug

That's really strange that all of them were either out of cash or not working. I hope you'll be able to access your account today and buy groceries.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

We went to the grocery the next day near the house, another mall

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@DaddyEvil (174708)

• United States

13 Aug

@rakski I'm glad you were able to get groceries. We don't have any malls close to our house.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

18 Aug

@DaddyEvil we havea lot of them here

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@LadyDuck (502812)

• Italy

8 Aug

I always keep cash with me, it happened a few times that the credit card machines did not work and I did not want to come back later to get my grocery.

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@LadyDuck (502812)

• Italy

11 Aug

@rakski - After I experienced the problem once, I always bring cash with me.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

11 Aug

@LadyDuck I will now bring sufficient cash next time

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

Next time, I have to bring more cash with me

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@Marilynda1225 (91169)

• United States

8 Aug

That sounds so frustrating especially that you have to go back again.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

that is so true

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@JudyEv (382542)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Aug

That would have been frustrating. We try to have some cash on us at all times.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

true. I have cash but not enough to pay the grocery that I plan to buy

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@jefferson126 (3670)

• Shenzhen, China

8 Aug

This is why i always carry little cashs when go for buying or go for trip.Even though phone payment is very popular,i still carry cashs in case system down or other troubles.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

I always have cash when we go on a trip. I have cash but not enough and if I use it for grocery I might not be able to buy some other stuff we need in other places

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@jefferson126 (3670)

• Shenzhen, China

11 Aug

@rakski ,can you use mobile payment?it means pay by means of smart phone.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

11 Aug

@jefferson126 yes, but it was also offline from their end

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@rsa101 (41028)

• Philippines

8 Aug

It is unusual to encounter ATMs that are out of cash or offline. I hope this issue does not occur in my area, as I rarely withdraw cash these days and find it highly convenient to make payments through online methods or using a card.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

Probably because the system is down in the area, people need to pay in cash so most ATMs are out of cash

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

8 Aug

That's bad. Since their system is down and it's not your problem not to pay for it. I hope they will delay the payment time when their system is back to normal. I can understand how inconvenient it causes you. Today people won't keep much cash and I'm one of them.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

true. It is inconvenient nowadays

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@snowy22315 (209163)

• United States

9 Aug

Sigh, one of the stores around here seems to have that situation every once in awhile

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

that is not disappointing

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@Jenaisle (16568)

• Philippines

8 Aug

Sometimes, that happens. I usually forget that I can pay through my ATM, so I withdraw first, but nowadays, I usually pay with my ATM.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

same with me

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@jstory07 (148771)

• Roseburg, Oregon

8 Aug

I hope you can get some cash and groceries.

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

I have a bit of cash but not enough for groceries. We went to the grocery the next day

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@brokenbee (11937)

• Philippines

8 Aug

I think we are really not ready yet to be a cashless society...

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@rakski (156709)

• Philippines

10 Aug

it is nice to think we can level up to those big countries but still needs a lot of improvement

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