Albert Hein removed their ATMs and Spar discontinued cash back service. Plz bring a basket of goods to the cashier then abandon it.
Albert Hein removed their ATMs and Spar discontinued cash back service. Plz bring a basket of goods to the cashier then abandon it.
Albert Hein removed their ATMs and Spar discontinued cash back service. Plz bring a basket of goods to the cashier then abandon it. - SLRPNK
(cross-posted from !cash)
Albert Hein has removed their ATMs in Amsterdam. I don’t think the machines were part of the Geldmaat cartel, so this move reduces ATM diversity and empowers the Geldmaat’s monopolizing stranglehold… makes the data collection more centralised. You are extra fucked when Geldmaat rejects your card because in some cities you have no other kind of ATM to try.
Some Spar locations previously had a quite generous cashback service. You could pay by card and get back as much as €150. It’s unclear if it’s just one Spar location that has cut this option off or if all of them. The generous cashback policy got me through the door. I would buy snacks and drinks I don’t really need just for the cashback service. It was a refuge from the ATM shit-show. If the whole Spar chain quit cashback, it would be cool if thousands of people would approach the register with a basket of food, ask for cashback, and abandon the food when refused. I wonder how many people would need to do that to create the perception that they are losing sales over the change.