[at-l] finances

[daveh@psknet.com (Dave Hicks)]

You might want to carry a debit or credit card on a different account, as
back up to your ATM card.

Once I would have been stranded in PA, had I only had an ATM card.  For some
reason the ATM network was down, but debit/credit type cards worked.

Chainsaw

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Hudson <hudsom@us.ibm.com>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 9:05 AM
Subject: [at-l] finances


> >  8. finances: I used a debit card to get cash advances from banks. My
> >     bank doesn't charge for this and several banks don't either. Just
> >     ask since many charge $5 or $10 bucks for a cash advance. Thus I
> >     saved the $1 -$2 ATM fee.
>
> I pointed out to a friend that if you're going to go the ATM route to
carry
> a back-up ATM card in case the machine eats it.
> He didn't listen. The ATM in Waynesboro ate the card, and the bank mailed
> it to his home address - two weeks later. With some confusion at home I
> don't think he got things under control until Delaware Water Gap. But the
> spare card could well be worth the extra 1/4 ounce....
>
> skeeter
>
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