Arrest in attempted ATM robbery
A trio of men, who must have lurked somewhere in the metro system after it closed, were caught on camera trying to break into an ATM at Jolicoeur metro at 4:40 a.m. when the station was locked up.
The men ran, but police captured one of them.
(Those metro ATMs commit daylight robbery every day, with their charge of $3.50 per withdrawal – but nobody’s clapping the darbies on them.)
Ephraim 19:18 on 2019-08-03 Permalink
I haven’t used an ATM other than my banks in at least 20 years or so, other than on vacation… I’m still shocked that people can’t plan ahead…. or live without. Even if you take out $100, that’s 3.5% when banks pay just 0.50% in interest annually.
mare 19:58 on 2019-08-03 Permalink
Those ATMs are not the only robbers. If you withdraw money from every ATM that’s not your bank’s you pay $2 to $3 to that bank, and often another amount from your own bank because you had de gall to use an ATM they didn’t own.
When I arrived from the Netherlands I was surprised by the Canadian banking system
1) you had to pay for an account (accounts were free in the Netherlands, but no interest on a checking account.)
2) using ATMs costs money (an ATM is much cheaper than a bank branch, and if you don’t charge for use by clients of other banks you don’t need as many, and your customers are much happier since they never have to walk more than 200m for an ATM. If banks just charge each other for use, and getting paid by other banks, it equals out and makes customers happy.)
3) you can so all your banking at an ATM, like deposit and transfer between accounts. (ATMs in NL only dispense money.)
4) banks had so many branches in Canada (There’s hardly any branch left in the Netherlands, everything goes by mail —prepaid envelopes— and now by Internet banking. Banks have mobile banking units visiting retirement homes. People working at banks work mostly in big office towers, situated next to train stations for an easy commute.)
5) cheques! (You can very easily transfer money to someone’s account if you have their account number; in shops you pay by debit card or cash. Credit card use is low because it’s expensive for shops, so they often charge you a dollar extra for it.