Random Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years/Year End Thoughts (2025)

[kphoger]

Our bank's ATM doesn't have that option.  I checked because of this thread.  You punch in the amount, and it just spits the money out.  No choices.

[GaryV]

Last withdrawal I did at an ATM, it had a choice of $100 and $20, and maybe $10. Since I was getting $100 to pay at a repair shop that didn't take checks, I chose the $100 bill. I'm not sure if it would have allowed you to choose how many of each if you were making a larger withdrawal.

[NWI_Irish96]

I just go to the ATM, hit "Select my own bills" after punching in the amount of money I want, and tell it I want a $100.

I've never seen an ATM that let you do that.

I've seen multiple banks' ATMs that let you select what bills you want. There's one near us that offers at least $20s, $10s, $5s, and $1s. That's the only one I've ever seen that offers $5s and $1s and I often hit that particular ATM before I travel specifically to get some small bills to use for tips (hotel housekeeping, etc.). I don't remember whether that one offers anything larger than a $20. The ATM mentioned in the post you quoted is the only one I've seen that offers $100s; it dispenses $100s, $20s, and $10s (I generally hit that one before getting a haircut at the barbershop across the street from there so as to have $30 cash to cover the haircut and the tip).

The Citibank ATMs in downtown DC used to dispense $50s depending on how much cash you got, but they didn't give you a choice of denominations. I don't know what they offer now because I no longer work downtown and I no longer have an account at Citibank.

The Chase banks here only have $100 and $20 in the drive-up ATMs, but if you go inside, there is an ATM with $100, $20, $5 and $1. I've never seen one offering $50, $10 or $2.

[ZLoth]

My neighbor still hasn't taken down their Christmas decorations from their front yard.

They were finally taken down today.

[Scott5114]

I just go to the ATM, hit "Select my own bills" after punching in the amount of money I want, and tell it I want a $100.

I've never seen an ATM that let you do that.

I've seen multiple banks' ATMs that let you select what bills you want. There's one near us that offers at least $20s, $10s, $5s, and $1s. That's the only one I've ever seen that offers $5s and $1s and I often hit that particular ATM before I travel specifically to get some small bills to use for tips (hotel housekeeping, etc.). I don't remember whether that one offers anything larger than a $20. The ATM mentioned in the post you quoted is the only one I've seen that offers $100s; it dispenses $100s, $20s, and $10s (I generally hit that one before getting a haircut at the barbershop across the street from there so as to have $30 cash to cover the haircut and the tip).

The Citibank ATMs in downtown DC used to dispense $50s depending on how much cash you got, but they didn't give you a choice of denominations. I don't know what they offer now because I no longer work downtown and I no longer have an account at Citibank.

The ATM at my credit union here in Nevada offers $100s and $20s, and you can choose between them.

The ATM at my credit union in Oklahoma historically had $20s and $5s, but you weren't allowed to choose between them. The only way to get $5s was to enter a withdrawal amount divisible by 5 but not 20.

I would be unreasonably happy if I ever found an ATM that allowed withdrawal of large quantities of $10s, as I greatly prefer them to $20s (although less so now that everything I use cash for seems to have doubled in price).