In Reply to: Why take so much cash? posted by melbmeg on Sunday, 2. August 2009 at 06:12 Bali Time:
On my last trip, a friend was trying to withdraw money from the ATM next to Garden View Hotel bar on Jl Padma Utara (next to the salon)
The ATM froze mid transaction and we didn't know what to do! We tried to call the advertised number with no answer and walked over to the bar to get some advice, while keeping an eye out on the ATM. As soon as we walked away someone went into the booth with a pair of tweezers and the money was sitting just inside the part where it is dispensed. We watched as they attempted to tweezer the notes out one by one LOL!!
Of course, when we approached them, they were only trying to help ;-)
We got the money out with the tweezers, but I'll never use an ATM in Bali again!!
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