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vlcupper · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Location: Gangnam

How can South Korea be the fucking hub of Asia if it can't get it's fucking ATM machines to fucking work! During a fucking holiday no less. God damn, sometimes I wonder about the compentence of the people in charge. Evil or Very Mad

Blind Willie · Joined: 05 May 2004

Were they turned off or simply out of money?

peppermint · Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:05 pm Post subject:

They're probably out of money, most people here know to withdraw a chunk before the holidays because the ATMS won't be refilled until after.

vlcupper · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Location: Gangnam

I don't know. It's in Korean. I went to four different places yesterday, and they all said the same thing. I went back to one place today and the same message. It's not my card, because I tried my bankbook, too. This is really frustrating. This only happens if I'm in Seoul or it's a fucking holiday. A guy took money out of the one I went on Tuesday.

Hub of Asia my ass.

Blind Willie · Joined: 05 May 2004

Assuming you went to the ATMs during their typical operating times (Even glorious Japan shuts down the ATMs after a certain hour) then it's most likely they ran out of money.

On holidays, people tend to take out large sums of cash just to cover all bases. You're usually S.O.L. come the first night of the holiday. I've been in the same situation before. Chalk it up to experience.

Of course, I just thought of this: Are you sure you have money in there?

vlcupper · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Location: Gangnam

Of course I have money in there. I checked it on Monday. Something else I just thought of. I couldn't even check the balance. It would give me an error message.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

It happens twice every year. Seollal and Chuseok. The cash machines run out of cash on the first day of the holiday because Koreans know they won't be refilled for 3 days.

This is the first year I remembered to take out a chunk of cash before the holiday.

Customer service is still seen as something new-fangled in Korea.

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Maybe good to have int'l bank card too.

inkoreaforgood · Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Location: Inchon

Could it be that your account is with the foreign exchange bank, and they are doing something with their system during the holiday?

DavePuff · Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Location: Daegu, South Korea

My flat mate had this same problem. He went to 3 or 4 different ATM's and none would give him money. However I went to my banks ATM on the Tuesday and was able to get money out without any problems, while my flatmate couldn't (he was with a different bank). Perhaps preferencial service? Smile

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

VanIslander · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject:

The same thing happened to me the last Saturday before Christmas in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. I went to NINE banks and each ATM was out of funds. Confused

Too many others had the same idea.

vlcupper · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Location: Gangnam

diver · Joined: 16 Jun 2003

Yup. KEB decided to shut their system down for three days during the holiday. Would've been nice to get some warning. But, this is the 'Hub of Asia'.

vlcupper · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Location: Gangnam

The ONLY way Korea will ever be the blessed hub of Asia is if Japan sinks like Atlantis, China suddenly decides to join Russia, and Thailand spontaneously combusts. And then all the other countries in Asia turn down the job.