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From: avery@puff.WISC.EDU (Aaron Avery)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: Forgetting to retrieve the card
Message-ID: <790@puff.WISC.EDU>
Date: Sun, 31-May-87 05:37:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: puff.790
Posted: Sun May 31 05:37:32 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jun-87 01:41:19 EDT
References: <334@umnstat.UUCP> <962@water.UUCP>
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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Keywords: ATM , security , Aunt Gertrude, Uncle Remus

In article <962@water.UUCP>, jmlang@water.UUCP writes:
> Since most of the time, ATM's are used to withdraw money, there is
> a simple solution. At the Bank of Montreal ATM's, you have to 
> retrieve the card out of the slot before the ATM gives you the requested
> money. If you want to do other transactions, it is best to
> keep the cash withdrawal to be the last one since pulling out the
> card closes the session.

I recently left my card in a machine accidentally. I'm not sure if this is
the case at all of the machines in town, as this is an old model which I 
seldom use, but if you leave your card in the slot after your transaction is
completed, the machine will wait some small, reasonable number of seconds,
and promptly swallow your card. People come around daily to retrieve 
confiscated (for various reasons) cards, and return them to your bank. I
had my card back within a week. Also, the newest machines around here have
an annoying, loud, intermittent beep whenever the machine expects you to do
anything, including take your card. It's nearly impossible to leave your card
there accidently, though the noise is annoying.
Just adding to the current discussion, though there's not much relevence to
the newsgroup.

Aaron Avery ({seismo,caip,allegra,harvard,ihnp4}!uwvax!puff!avery)
	    (avery@puff.wisc.edu)