I am an IDIOT

You may or may not have read about how I lost both my cashcards in ATMs some time back - Peru, I think.

We are in Buenos Aires, and the silly ATMs will only give us 300 pesos at a time, which is not much. So I suggested we go back to the room and get Richard´s second cashcard and see if it will give us another 300. So we did that, but Rich was pretty crook so I went out by myself.

Put card in ATM. Enter Pin. Withdraw Pesos from Savings account. 300 of them come out. Would you like another transaction, hmm, I thought, yes, lets try and see if it will g ive me another 300 from visa account. Yippee, out comes another 300 pesos, I am so happy we could get 600 out in one day, that I turned around and walked out the door and back to the hostel, jubilant. Walk in and say, Rich, I was so clever, Ig ot 600 pesos out (sinking feeling that something is wrong) and Rich says, excellent, can I have my card back.

After you get the money out, it waits a few seconds (which is when I walk out) and THEN asks you if you want another transaction, and after you hit no, it gives your card back. Which is the bit I forget. At home, you get your card before you money, which I think is a MUCH better system!!