On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, MIG wrote:
> On Sep 16, 4:52Â pm, Tom Anderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, MIG wrote:
>>> On Sep 16, 1:41Â am, rosenst...@
cix.co.uk (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
>>>> In article
,
>>>>
>>>> t...@urchin.earth.li (Tom Anderson) wrote:
>>>>> The problem is that
>>>>> cash comes in doses of 10 or 20 pounds, as notes. You cannot get
>>>>> money from a cash machine in any smaller quantity.
>>>>
>>>> Er, I regularly get cash in £5 notes from a cash machine (in Cambridge).
>>>
>>> There's one in Russell Square that gives fivers as well. Â It's been
>>> suggested that it has something to do with proximity to students, but if
>>> so it's not consistent.
>>
>> Is that the Travelex one, near the post office? Could it be because it's a
>> funky non-bank machine?
>
> No, it's the Barclays one on the Hotel Russell side that I'm thinking
> of.
Hmm. I'd love to know how they make decisions like that!
Maybe i'll write to them ...
tom
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