Comments for ATM Fee Tracker Australia

Comment on Disloyalty Fees by Mary

Mary — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:04:01 +0000

I hate to tell you your figures are wrong on disloyalty fees, I was charged
$2.00 for an inquiry using a Bank of Queensland machine…an Inquiry !!!

Comment on Suncorp customer rebates at rediATMs…sort of by Brenton

Brenton — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:09:58 +0000

If you had to drive 7km to the next nearest ATM wouldn’t you just pay for the $2 or less fee that is charged?

I’m sure the 14km round trip in semi-city driving is probably around $2 or more in petrol.

Also if a Suncorp ATM is out of service or a designated ATM is out of service they will waive the fee for you to use another Banks ATM at the time as per their Standard Banking Practice

Comment on redi Not So Steady by david

david — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:31:42 +0000

guys BOQ the bank of queensland are now charging $2.00
for an “inquiry” on non boq bank accounts… shock Horror !

Comment on ING by scott

scott — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:05:21 +0000

your info is updated, ING Direct now offer a transactional account called Orange Everyday.

Comment on ATM Fee Table by Lammy

Lammy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:26:06 +0000

Just used the ATM at CVS drug Stores, they now charge $3.00 This is rediculous. They were just $1.50. If you can get to a MacDonald’s it’s usually, 99 cent. I REFUSE to spend $3.00 to get my own money. Someone really needs to regulate these ATM’S. This is just plain GREED my the Banks.

Comment on Traffic, comments and visitors by Bill Steamshovel

Bill Steamshovel — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:06:55 +0000

I opened a Bank West Zero Account. While I was initially happy with account, it wasn’t a true debit card account as it allowed unlimited overdrafts. Instead of declining transactions which would take you over the limit, it would allow them and then charge you interest on the amount by which you went over. This is above and beyond the stated $100 overdraft limit.

As of October the 31st, Bank West will be implementing direct charging for foreign ATMs, which for Zero Accounts, is any ATM outside of the Big Four. This removes any reason I had for operating a Bank West account and I’ll be shutting mine down next month.

Thanks for 5 months of ATM fee free banking Bank West.

Comment on NAB, Bank West drop disloyalty fees by Bill Steamshovel

Bill Steamshovel — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:56:27 +0000

From the October 31st, Bank West Zero Transaction account holders will be charged foreign ATM fees for using ATMs except for Bankwest, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB and Westpac branded ATMs. If you opened your account between 1 May 2009 and 23 July 2009, you will have 6 months of fee free banking before you start experiencing direct charging again.

http://www.bankwest.com.au/Personal/Transaction_Accounts/Bankwest_Zero_Transaction_Account/index.aspx

ING’s Orange Everyday account is still in beta and hasn’t been released to it’s clients or the public yet. Are there any genuine fee free accounts left?

Comment on Westpac by Kerry Ford

Kerry Ford — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:40:16 +0000

I was wrong. I have since found out that Westpac charged me only $2 ATM fee. The other amount was charged by travelex. This was apparantly a penalty for withdrawing money in Australia and not when I was overseas. This penalty fee was not listed in their fee section on their website, however it was hidden in their terms and conditions. I do think they travelex should be more transparent about this fee. If I had known about this, I would have cashed out my card and had the money transferred to my Westpac Bank account. Travelex would only have charged me $10 for this. SORRY WESTPAC.

Comment on Westpac by Kerry Ford

Kerry Ford — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:45:34 +0000

I have a travelex cash passport card (a debit card you load with cash and use at ATM’s when you travel overseas.) After returning to Australia I still had money in this card so I went to my local bank’s (Westpac) ATM and withdrew $1,000 in cash. I did not see any notice telling me how much I would be charged for this transaction. However when I checked my card balance I was amazed to find I had been charged by Westpac an ATM withdrawal fee of $33.25. I think this is extremely hefty and think this must be a mistake. Am I wrong?

Comment on ATM Fee Table by Nick

Nick — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:04:27 +0000

This may or may not be the right place…but…
Country towns must be bearing the brunt of the new ATM fees. Our town has limited ATMs, only one credit union with it’s own ATM. All the rest are non-bank (about 3-4 and maybe another in the pub). This means that unless you have an account with the credit union you will pay the fees. That’s a huge percentage of the town. The solutions offered (being kind here) by the banks (including my own building society) to avoid the ATM fee, include taking money out with EFTPOS. The local shops limit their cash withdrawal to $20 for obvious reasons…they don;t need to carry cash to provide banking services. This is understandable, but it doesn;t stop people from out of town being angry when they can;t take more than $20. If the shop was to cater for bankin arrangement they would carry a lot more in their tills..an obvious crime risk…
OK.. so let’s take a larger amount of cash out (which wasn’t the original plan) to keep the $2 fee in line with the withdrawal (withdrawing $20 and being charged 10% isn;t cool) and you have people walking around now with more cash in their pockets or stashed at home. This includes the elderly (most who cannot afford the $2) and we now have a potential for more crime.
I don;t remember being asked about this, was more than happy with the previous arrangements and dislike the banditry that has so obviously happened.
I will be claiming the $2 as a tax deduction as this is the only way I can get my pay