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Re: Thank you WileyJohn
posted by
TAPS.
on September 11, 2016 at 1:51 PM
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TAPS
Thinking of you on 9/11
posted by
WileyJohn
on September 11, 2016 at 12:20 PM
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Unbeliveable
posted by
skye08
on September 10, 2016 at 9:13 PM
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report it.One of the big 5 in Australia was not passing on the low interest rates to their customers, was adding bigger charges for transactions and keeping the Dividend down as far as they dared for shareholders. A fuss was made and they are paying back lots and lots of well not quaters big dollars.
posted by
Kabu
on September 10, 2016 at 11:44 AM
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You can't always bank on it love.
posted by
BC-A
on September 10, 2016 at 10:54 AM
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Unreal; goodness, what's next?!
Interesting post, TAPS. I have read that banks would like for the economy to become paper and coin free and operate solely on cards. 
posted by
Katray2
on September 10, 2016 at 9:46 AM
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Re: CCT
I would imagine that is what it is--the packaging charge.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 10, 2016 at 8:02 AM
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Perhaps with interest rates so low they are trying to make a profit on the packaging.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 10, 2016 at 7:46 AM
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Re: Quarters, like ball bearings and scrap metal, make wonderful
Good Grief! Is that what they think?
posted by
TAPS.
on September 10, 2016 at 6:26 AM
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Quarters, like ball bearings and scrap metal, make wonderful
shrapnel for a terrorist explosive device - easy to get, raise no eyebrows... until now. It feels like the roots of discord are growing deeper into our everyday.
posted by
Pat_B
on September 10, 2016 at 5:28 AM
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TAPS
My reaction was exactly like yours: Wha-a-a-a-t? Now I don't need quarters other than for the odd old parking meter that hasn't been replaced by one of the new ones yet, but I'm going to check with my bank! I think it's outrageous...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 9, 2016 at 9:02 PM
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Oh dear, what a rip off TAPS. Never heard such a thing myself.
Thank you for your comment and what a co-incidence that you thought of me just yesterday! Been doing okay TAPS only have been busy with a lot of things, writing and other mundance stuff and now its eased up a bit. Good to see you doing great 
posted by
shobana
on September 9, 2016 at 8:19 PM
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TAPS
Hmm, something sounds off here with this new banking practice... Next time I'm around the bank, I will ask about the quarter and the government, just as a matter of GP. What a hassle!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on September 9, 2016 at 8:12 PM
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I did not know such an experience was happening.
When one of my banks (I do banking at three) asks me if I have an account when I am getting change, I say yes, and they trust me.
I have never been billed nor have my parents for getting change. I wonder if that practice is going to become more widespread.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 9, 2016 at 7:12 PM
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