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ATM bonanza in Sukhothai

Published: 29 Dec 2012 at 19.53
Online news:

SUKHOTHAI: Local residents who cashed in after an automated teller machine (ATM) started giving out double payments will have to give the money back.

Customers of the Khiri Mat branch of the Government Savings Bank (GSB) discovered the pleasant surprise at the ATM located in front of the district office on Friday, the Post Today website reported on Saturday.

The report said the machine started dispensing twice the money customers had requested, without debiting their accounts for the excess amounts.

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patchar
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Discussion 7 : 01 Jan 2013 at 06.577
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Those who cash in are the Bank loyal costumers, it is just proper for the bank to give the excess money to them us christmas gift after all, it's not there fault
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Discussion 6 : 30 Dec 2012 at 02.106
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Unless the bank can show on the camera footage that the person actually recieved double, counting in front of the camera, they can't prove it. You just can't assume they got double unless you see it.
My point. "The report said the machine started dispensing twice the money customers had requested, without debiting their accounts for the excess amounts"
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facts_only
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Discussion 5 : 29 Dec 2012 at 23.215
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Google up the Thai movie titled, 'ATM (Errak Error)'. It's the exact same movie plot.
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sanam-bin
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Discussion 4 : 29 Dec 2012 at 22.294
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"... one honest customer notified the branch manager ..."

One honest person out of how many ? Hundreds ? Thousands ? Laugh out loud.
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Discussion 3 : 29 Dec 2012 at 22.053
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I guess the ones who didn't notify the bank were the non-Buddhists, right? Or were they the Buddhist majority we hear touted so much and the one honest customer some weird anomaly?
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Discussion 2 : 29 Dec 2012 at 21.232
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They don't have to ask for it back. The bank can just find when the glitch in the machine started, then deduct twice the amount from the accounts of whoever used the machine between then and whenever they turned the machine off.
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Discussion 1 : 29 Dec 2012 at 20.471
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Those who had withdrawn their money there probably had spent everything on booze and whatnot for the 7 days of orgy. No use for asking it back now, like it or not.
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