Re: POSB ATM MACHINEIS LANGGAR TIANG DAH!

At that point of time whom to take loan from? Will u l;oan money to a
stranger imagaine me asking for a $5 loan after explained to u my situation?
Can I use my cash card to pay for food in a coffeeshop? Think b4 u talk.


"news.news" <cyber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:433d273d$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Anyway, he can drive all the way to Funan with cash card! and pay parking
> fee.
> I am sure he can try to make use of the cash card to get some food, loan
> some money or use a credit card (believe he has one).
>
> Most important, get a spare account from another bank! 2 is better than
> one.
>
> "lobert...." <lobert@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:dhi5ob$n1q$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Open another account with OCBC or UOB as backup so that you will not go
>> hungry without food for your lunch or the need to rush to get another ATM
>> card.
>>
>> Bandit wrote:
>>> I think I shall take up your suggestion. Abandon this POSB bank! But
>>> then got to cancel my internet banking account, Giro account, Pay
>>> account ( I got my pay thru here ), cheque account ( current account is
>>> linked to this account ), all my other mthly payment accounts eg my
>>> parents' where I pay them mnthly thru this account NOT to mention my
>>> son's school fees, PUB bills, HDB bills, Singtel bills etc etc.... Got
>>> to take a day's leave to settle all these! Arse luck really!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "ardeedee" <ardeedee1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:433bd42a$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>>>From the people's bank to the People Action Bank?
>>>>
>>>>"Bandit" <palmuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>news:dhgf4h$sgo$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>>On 29/9/05 11am, I was using my POSB ATM card intending to
>>>>>withdraw cash $100 from the POSB ATM machine at Clementi Ave 5
>>>>>near to Blk 320. To my horror, it just suddenly gobbled up my card
>>>>>without any warning at all! I was sure that my card was not damaged or
>>>>
>>>>that
>>>>
>>>>>I keyed in
>>>>>the wrong PIN nos! I then called up the Customer Hotline. The lady
>>>>
>>>>customer
>>>>
>>>>>service officer
>>>>>was most polite when I explained to her the situtation. She confirmed
>>>>>that
>>>>>the said ATM machine is faulty! She told me that I could go to any POSB
>>>>>branch to get
>>>>>an ATM card replacement or wait for a few days for them to mail it to
>>>>>me.
>>>>>
>>>>>But then I told her that it's my meal break now and I need the money to
>>>>
>>>>buy
>>>>
>>>>>my lunch!
>>>>>I was working then and I got only 1 hr of meal break. Without the cash,
>>>>>I
>>>>>would go hungry!
>>>>>>From my experience most of the POSB banks in the HDB areas are always
>>>>>crowded as
>>>>>they have reduced the number of staff and also branches in order to
>>>>
>>>>save/cut
>>>>
>>>>>opertaing costs.
>>>>>If the POSB banks were manned by human tellers, it's always very
>>>>>crowded.
>>>>>
>>>>>It is not fair to me as it's not my fault and that I had either to wait
>>>>>for a few days or I had to waste my time in one of the crowded branches
>>>>>just to get back my ATM card! What arse luck I got into! Now I got no
>>>>
>>>>money
>>>>
>>>>>to spend as
>>>>>I usually draw some cash around $100 to $200 and keep in wallet. When I
>>>>>finish spending,
>>>>>then I draw some more cash and top up my wallet! Now it seems that I
>>>>>got
>>>>
>>>>to
>>>>
>>>>>go hungry without
>>>>>food for my lunch!
>>>>>
>>>>>The lady was most sympathetic and apologised to me. I then decied to go
>>>>
>>>>all
>>>>
>>>>>the way to Funan IT
>>>>>Mall POSB bank as it is usually NOT crowded and that it opens until
>>>>>7pm! I
>>>>>got to put aside
>>>>>and cancelled all my other activities / schedules just to ruch down to
>>>>
>>>>Funan
>>>>
>>>>>to retrieve my ATM card!
>>>>>I got to waste my time, petrol, ERP charges and parking charges just to
>>>>
>>>>get
>>>>
>>>>>to Funan IT Mall just
>>>>>to get back my card or I will not have money to spend for the next few
>>>>
>>>>days
>>>>
>>>>>at all!
>>>>>
>>>>>I only got one bank ie POSB Savings Bank since I was in Pri 1 more than
>>>>>30
>>>>>yrs ago!
>>>>>That is the only bank I know. I have seen it
>>>>>grow from strength to strength but recently there is lots of blunders.
>>>>>I
>>>>>related this
>>>>>incident to my friend. They also had same encounters! Recenlty he too
>>>>>had
>>>>
>>>>a
>>>>
>>>>>similar problem.
>>>>>When he withdrew cash $400, he was given only cash $392! How come there
>>>>>is
>>>>>$2 amongst
>>>>>the dollar notes? He quickly called up the hotline and was told to
>>>>>collect
>>>>>the balance
>>>>>$8 from a POSB bank human teller! But then my friend like me becoz of
>>>>>the
>>>>>$8, he got to
>>>>>waste his time going to the ever crowded POSB bank to get back his $8!
>>>>>It
>>>>>really is nonsense - like
>>>>>I told the polite customer service officer! The lady customer service
>>>>>officer by the name of
>>>>>Eline in Funan was also most helpful when she allowed me to straight
>>>>
>>>>access
>>>>
>>>>>and issue me
>>>>>a replacement ATM card through her collegue without Q! I would like to
>>>>>thank the
>>>>>2 lady customer service officers for their patient and politeness BUT
>>>>>NO
>>>>>THANKs to POSB
>>>>>lousy, inefficient and unreliable ATM machine service. Made me waste my
>>>>
>>>>time
>>>>
>>>>>& money just to
>>>>>get back my ATM card! I had to go hungry during lunch also becoz I had
>>>>>no
>>>>>money left to buy my food!
>>>>>ANY ONE HAVING THE SAME ENCOUNTERs? Would you like to share how
>>>>>efficient
>>>>>POSB is?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>


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