Cards in Japan
I don't know if it's just my bank being stupid, or if there's something wonky with the ATMs or what, but I am once again left with only the money in my pocket. It totals about $5 right now, in random change.
I wish the Japanese would join the rest of the world in having a banking system that doesn't blow so hard.
[Edit: I was thinking it might have something to do with me not having enough money in my account, as I had gone below $300, which is the max you can take out from an ATM here. I had a sneaking suspicion that my bank simply said whether or not I had enough to be performing overseas transactions and if you don't have enough to take out the maximum, you aren't allowed to take out anything at all.
This would seem to not be the case, as I transferred money from my savings and was still unable to pull money out. Both accounts are at at least $400 now, and it worked fine yesterday. Japanese banking system. Seriously? Fail. ]
I wish the Japanese would join the rest of the world in having a banking system that doesn't blow so hard.
[Edit: I was thinking it might have something to do with me not having enough money in my account, as I had gone below $300, which is the max you can take out from an ATM here. I had a sneaking suspicion that my bank simply said whether or not I had enough to be performing overseas transactions and if you don't have enough to take out the maximum, you aren't allowed to take out anything at all.
This would seem to not be the case, as I transferred money from my savings and was still unable to pull money out. Both accounts are at at least $400 now, and it worked fine yesterday. Japanese banking system. Seriously? Fail. ]
Labels: money
posted by William at
5/06/2008 10:21:00 AM
5 Comments:
Yikes!
Good luck with that! I imagine that's just a temporary problem, but yikes!!!
Hmm..the banks in japan blow hard eh...
Yes, but not in a good way.
FLASH --
It is not due to lack of funds. If you gmail me I will give you the current total, but suffice it to say it could still pay a quarter of tuition at CWU (I think).
Well, I didn't think so, either, but at the time I wasn't sure of both cards drew from checking, or savings, or what. I noticed yesterday that the ATM draws from savings, like I thought it did, so I ruled that one out.
I have almost enough in savings to pay a full tuition at Central.
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