LEON - You ever have an ATM not distribute money for you, and have a little voice in the back of your head say, ´now I wonder what happens if the ATM takes money out of my account anyways?´

Well today I got the chance to find out.

I was trying to get money from the ATM at Nicaraguan bank BDF, and got a message that it couldnt process X amount. So I tried again, with a lesser amount so as not to overwhelm the poor thing (sometimes you have to talk nice to get them to work... no hitting or swearing... slide the card juuuuust right!). And it gave me an odd message: ´you have maximized the number of daily transactions´.

I thought: ´Huh, thats weird. I havent MADE any transactions today´. Now Im not always the brightest girl, but I thought Id mosey down to the internet place to double check that my bank account as in sync with my friendly local ATM machine. 

And surprise, surprise, it showed a deduction of $137.   Thanks BDF.

So this afternoon I spent 2.5 hours in line at the bank, to speak to a lady who seemed like she would rather be making loans to new clients than talking to me. I expressed my problem in 3-year old spanish. She had me sign a form and said she would let me know the results of the inquiry in 10 days. She´d call me.

So kiddos, I just wanted to get a shout out to yas. Next time a bank tells you that they cant ´accomodate your request´, you just might want to double check your account to make sure that they didnt take out 200 bucks anyways.

And the answer to the question: ´what happens if the ATM takes money out of my account anyways?´. I guess Ill let you know the end result in ten days. Now why doesnt it ever happen where they distribute cash but forget to take the money OUT??!! (oh BTW... this isnt restricted to renegade machines in Nicaragua... our Brit hotel owner said he has heard of it happening in England as well)

xoxox
anna

 

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