BOI having ATM network issues. Don't be left stuck this evening. - Mod note post #1

Riddle101

SupraSonic26 wrote: »

Have they fixed this yet or people still taking money out with nothing in there accounts?

Apparently the systems are being brought back online now

DaveH

first of i work in I.T and know how atm and mainframe link together and i have to say that this is the best thread I have ever read on Boards.

From
1.People thinking they are pulling a fast one on the bank.
2.The stupid comments made by people all over the place
3.the clowns queuing up outside the ATM's.

Sierra Oscar

Ziycon wrote: »

This is due to atms having a stand alone system to use when the network goes down, it will still allow limited money out and as it can't check the account balances, its just an across the board function, its built into most atms for this type of scenario and each customer will be charged accordingly once systems are back up.

Correct - hence why some ATM's that do not have such a feature built in are not dispensing money.

It really is not rocket science. Will people ever learn that you never get money for free off a bank?

Lots of peoples credit rating are heading south.

FreudianSlippers

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Frau Merkel wont be impressed with this carry on

I think you mean Bundeskanzlerin Merkel

stepbar

Cavehill Red wrote: »

People emptying ATMs of one bank = bank run.

People taking money and not giving it back because they've left the country = loss for the bank.

Tell me what I'm missing here, o wise one. :rolleyes:

Eh, bank machines are emptied everyday and refilled abnausium. Hell in some places they are refilled 4 or 5 times a day. They are not going to the cash machine with the intention of causing a run. People are convinced they're getting free money. Very different to someone going to a branch and asking for a million in cash and 10 others coming after asking for the same.

You're missing a fair bit :rolleyes:

And actually I'll go further and say that over a weekday evening, the amount held in an ATM machine would be no where near the amount that would be put in over the course of a day or weekend. A Run on the bank.... :rolleyes:

darragh16

I heard there were fights at the tallaght branch, thats a bit mad now!

craggles

just a bit yeah

ascanbe

People aren't taking into account how damaging this could be to this already decrepit/state-dependent bank, though.
They end up chasing people for money at a time when tax-payers are bailing them out and as they are also chasing more and more people for their failure to meet mortgage-payments?
At the very least, a sizable PR fcuk-up and further stoking of the hatred people currently feel for the banks in general.

stepbar

Captain_Generic wrote: »

If you're physically capable of robbing the granny down the road then you are completely within your rights to do so. Its her fault for being old and defenceless.

I know, definatly her fault for being an ould granny.... She was looking for it

ThisRegard

So Finglas gets a hotdog stand, Tallaght fights, sticking with stereotypes what does Foxrock get, mulled wine and canapes ?

marco_polo

Unshelved wrote: »

http://twitpic.com/3dtvq6

Queue outside ATM in Walkinstown apparently

Twitpic is a perfect description of that picture.

ascanbe

ThisRegard wrote: »

So Finglas gets a hotdog stand, Tallaght fights, sticking with stereotypes what does Foxrock get, mulled wine and canapes ?

They already got their free-money; the Anglo-bailout.

super_furry

How much is in a bank machine? €100,000? €200,000? Even if the bank lost €20million tonight, it's just a drop in the ocean.

JONJO THE MISER

Ye can talk all ye want but the simple fact is that the bank will never get back the money off people who don't have wages going into there account or who's accounts had no money in them.

Grievous

amacachi wrote: »

Not really, I'm on a welfare payment but I'm not a spastic. Nowhere did I say the people at the ATMs are scum.

I didn't say you specifically insult these people or call them out, but I have noticed it's a trend on Boards.IE.

Every walk of Irish society was at these ATM's tonight.

stepbar

Fcuk this.....

I'm off to the pub.... I've heard enough sh1t today....... :rolleyes:

Cheap Thrills!

Missed the RTE news, bet they didn't show it. Nothing on Primetime now either. This will look well dodgy if the International press get a hold of it. It looks bad, on top of bad.

The same day as the Budget hundreds of punters queing at ATM's.

Wonder will TV3 carry it on the 11 o'clock bulletin....?

dr.bollocko

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Ye can talk all ye want but the simple fact is that the bank will never get back the money off people who don't have wages going into there account or who's accounts had no money in them.

But you can get a judgement preventing these people from getting another bank a/c or ever getting a loan again while all the time the interest tots up.
For 4 or 5 hundred quid?
That's just dumb.

craggles

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Ye can talk all ye want but the simple fact is that the bank will never get back the money off people who don't have wages going into there account or who's accounts had no money in them.

Remains to be seen.

danwhite88

I've just heard on the FM104 Phone show that Bank of Ireland ATM's are giving out money to accounts that have no money or havent for a few years. There has been a few people who rang in to say they have withdrawn €500 and have never had money in the bank just have an account opened.. Could this be true? Are Bank of Ireland giving free money out?

Mister men

super_furry wrote: »

How much is in a bank machine? €100,000? €200,000? Even if the bank lost €20million tonight, it's just a drop in the ocean.

That's the problem. When did 20m become a drop in the ocean.

Cavehill Red

stepbar wrote: »

Eh, bank machines are emptied everyday and refilled abnausium. Hell in some places they are refilled 4 or 5 times a day. They are not going to the cash machine with the intention of causing a run. People are convinced they're getting free money. Very different to someone going to a branch and asking for a million in cash and 10 others coming after asking for the same.

You're missing a fair bit :rolleyes:

And actually I'll go further and say that over a weekday evening, the amount held in an ATM machine would be no where near the amount that would be put in over a the course of a day or weekend. A Run on the bank.... :rolleyes:

A branch ATM might get refilled more than once a day. But many in-shop ATMS including the one with the lengthy queue at it in my local shop, are filled once or twice a week at most, as anyone who's ever had their card swallowed by one and tried to get it back can testify.

super_furry

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Ye can talk all ye want but the simple fact is that the bank will never get back the money off people who don't have wages going into there account or who's accounts had no money in them.

They'll get it from their dole money. That dole is paid into bank accounts.

Cheap Thrills!

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Ye can talk all ye want but the simple fact is that the bank will never get back the money off people who don't have wages going into there account or who's accounts had no money in them.

They might try to garnish at source from a persons social welfare payments...

FreudianSlippers

Better get down there quick!

partyatmygaff

I guess this really is a case of "The banks made me take a loan"...

Mr Benevolent

No. That show is the equivalent of Joe Duffy and The Star rolled into one.

Krusader

Yippeee Free money :pac::pac:

FreudianSlippers

stepbar wrote: »

Fcuk this.....

I'm off to the pub.... I've heard enough sh1t today....... :rolleyes:

Shelbourne?

stepbar

Cavehill Red wrote: »

A branch ATM might get refilled more than once a day. But many in-shop ATMS including the one with the lengthy queue at it in my local shop, are filled once or twice a week at most, as anyone who's ever had their card swallowed by one and tried to get it back can testify.

STOP DIGGING.........:rolleyes: