Craig66
Contributor
Wow Dave this gives me pause to think, I always bring a lot of dollars but exchanging them over has always been a pain and so I have used the ATM's but I guess I should think twice.
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I remember Dave's problems but I am amazed that the bank would not cover the fraudulent losses?!
IT DID HAPPEN and clearly happens all the time and clearly it is not fraudulaent or the ATM wouldn't get away with it - it is outrageous but not fraudulent. Legal daylight robbery.
My bank just sees a deduction of $240, $240 and $350 from a Cozumel ATM whereas I only withdreww $200, $200 and $300 <--- how can my bank deduce whether I personally withdrew the extra $$ or if the ATM gouged me? They can't. It doesn't register as a fee on my account.
Spoke to my USA bank and they said there is nothing they can do.
The Cozumel ATM company name is on my statement online so I am going to try and really pester them. I did this with Priceline and won. The guy earlier in this thread whio said *This Should Be Big News* is spot on.
I flew to Coz on the basis that my Dive Op gave me a great deal if I paid USD cash (admittedly SHE steered me to said ATM and presumably she knows the deal there so I am pissed with her too) and i did a lot of dives and paid way over the regular price at the end of the day and I was on a streamlined budget.
Pah!
Diving was cool however.
I believe you both ok, at least enough for discussion here, but his deal was totally different if you want to read it closely.IT DID HAPPEN and clearly happens all the time and clearly it is not fraudulaent or the ATM wouldn't get away with it - it is outrageous but not fraudulent. Legal daylight robbery.
My bank just sees a deduction of $240, $240 and $350 from a Cozumel ATM whereas I only withdreww $200, $200 and $300 <--- how can my bank deduce whether I personally withdrew the extra $$ or if the ATM gouged me? They can't. It doesn't register as a fee on my account.
What is the name of the ATM company so that others will be forewarned and steer clear of this major ripoff?