General Discussion

Our grocery chain has ended the ability to get cash-over on the total purchase price of a cartful of groceries. Some other chains are charging a fee ranging from 50¢ to $3, but ours has simply stopped this convenience for its customers.

It makes financial sense the way the store manager explained it: too many people were using the grocery store checkout line as an ATM: coming in to buy a 99¢ pack of gum or a $1.50 bag of ice in order to get $40 cash over on the purchase. The store is charged processing fees on $40.99 on a gross sale of only 99¢, for a financial loss all around.

I guess the only way to get cash out now, without any fee involved, is to use one of our bank's own ATMs.