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Adrian Boliston <adrian@boliston.co.uk> wrote:

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> 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 little pieces of outdated metal & paper.

I paid GPB 50 in 2-pound coins into to a high-street bank today[0].

After some humming and hawing by the teller (I could tell she couldn't
decide whether to count in ones, then double it, or count in twos) she
counted them (2 bags of 10*2 GBP plus 5*2GBP coins), twice and put them
in the drawer. She then went to check in the pay-in slip - I'd already
filled it in - and I saw her reach for a desk calculator and punch in
"2" "x" "25" "=".

I was most gratifed to see that the total came to 50....

rgds, 'I wonder if Fred knows?" Alan
[0 low-tech savings - SO thought that they were shiny! when first
introduced, so started collecting them as an anti-Y2K measure - these
days, when we get 50 quids-worth, we buy 100 quid of premium bonds ;-)
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