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Beware - Visa Only "allowed" 50 Euro from ATM in Germany
"Tom P" wrote in message ... On 06/06/2012 06:44 PM, tim.... wrote: "Tom wrote in message ... On 05/31/2012 12:56 PM, tim.... wrote: Was travelling back through Germany two days ago and because I had mistakenly booked a hotel that didn't accept cards and had spent all of my stash of Euro on an unexpected (unavoidable emergency) purchase I needed to get some Euro in a hurry. So went to the ATM and the bloody thing would only give me 50 Euro. Thought that it was because it was out of cash so I tried the one next to it with the same result. Then I noticed a sticker on it stating that "VISA" were restricting withdrawals to 50E. What's that all about? And what flipping use is 50 Euro a time. I'd be going to the machine every day with that restriction. Something which I really hate doing. Not to mention getting the charged minimum fee on my card for such a trivial amount (yes Visa, 50 Euro is a trivial amount!) Is it just this particular bank (Sparkassa) or a general rule? tim As far as I can make out, the problem is an on-going dispute between the Sparkassen (savings banks) and co-op banks on one side and Visa on the other about who pays the cost of the transactions. At one point the savings banks did not accept Visa cards from other banks at all, but since a high court ruling last year they are now obliged to do so. The Sparkassen are presumably still dragging their feet by making life for Visa customers as difficult as possible while still complying with the law. OH. I did drive around for half an hour looking for an alternative bank, and all I found was three more of the same (and before anyone asks: Brandenburg (an der Havel)) Mapquest shows three all a few blocks apart within walking distance - Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Citibank. but not something that I have access to when I'm driving around in my car :-( tim |
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Beware - Visa Only "allowed" 50 Euro from ATM in Germany
"Martin" wrote in message news On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 12:13:16 +0100, "tim...." wrote: "Tom P" wrote in message ... On 06/06/2012 06:44 PM, tim.... wrote: "Tom wrote in message ... On 05/31/2012 12:56 PM, tim.... wrote: Was travelling back through Germany two days ago and because I had mistakenly booked a hotel that didn't accept cards and had spent all of my stash of Euro on an unexpected (unavoidable emergency) purchase I needed to get some Euro in a hurry. So went to the ATM and the bloody thing would only give me 50 Euro. Thought that it was because it was out of cash so I tried the one next to it with the same result. Then I noticed a sticker on it stating that "VISA" were restricting withdrawals to 50E. What's that all about? And what flipping use is 50 Euro a time. I'd be going to the machine every day with that restriction. Something which I really hate doing. Not to mention getting the charged minimum fee on my card for such a trivial amount (yes Visa, 50 Euro is a trivial amount!) Is it just this particular bank (Sparkassa) or a general rule? tim As far as I can make out, the problem is an on-going dispute between the Sparkassen (savings banks) and co-op banks on one side and Visa on the other about who pays the cost of the transactions. At one point the savings banks did not accept Visa cards from other banks at all, but since a high court ruling last year they are now obliged to do so. The Sparkassen are presumably still dragging their feet by making life for Visa customers as difficult as possible while still complying with the law. OH. I did drive around for half an hour looking for an alternative bank, and all I found was three more of the same (and before anyone asks: Brandenburg (an der Havel)) Mapquest shows three all a few blocks apart within walking distance - Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Citibank. but not something that I have access to when I'm driving around in my car :-( Did you think of asking a local? I found six different banks, within walking distance of each other, with ATMs in the centre of Milan when I needed six times the daily limit, by asking locals in English. Sometimes having a car is major disadvantage. The centre of Brandenburg is dead in the evening :-( And how does extra banks work. On my card the limit for withdrawals is per day, not an amount per withdrawal tim |
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Beware - Visa Only "allowed" 50 Euro from ATM in Germany
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Martin wrote: When I did it in Italy, foreign transactions from various banks were only collated once every 24 hours during the night. What is on the card is the limit per transaction/day/bank. The bank owning the ATM will check if you have already had your limit from the that bank. It needs a bit more intelligence to collate information between banks. I just drew 400 Euro from an ATM in Venice the other day. Surprised because back in the day the limit used to be around $300. |
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