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Side hustle- ATMs

Discussion in 'General' started by DrA5, Jan 27, 2023.

  1. DrA5

    DrA5 The OTHER Great Dane

    Other than "He Who Shan't Be Named", has anyone here done ATMs as a (somewhat) passive income/side hustle?

    Pros/Cons?

    How about Crypto ATMs??

    Thanks in advance.
     
  2. Razr

    Razr Well-Known Member

    I heard they're extremely hard to crack open.... :D
     
  3. SirCrashAlot

    SirCrashAlot Well-Known Member

    Seen em do it in prons .... don't look sanitary to me.
     
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  4. RS250Ape

    RS250Ape Well-Known Member

    Isn't that the business the next president of the united states paris hiltons suitor he who shall not be named was in?
    Maybe ask him???
     
  5. SPL170db

    SPL170db Trackday winner

    In a time when they're trying to make more and more things digital/cashless. I dunno, it might be a dying industry???
     
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  6. brex

    brex Well-Known Member

    I haven't really noticed any ATMs for years. Do people still use them?
     
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  7. Once a Wanker..

    Once a Wanker.. Always a Wanker!

    I've heard that Crypto is the 'next big thing' for making money these days...
     
  8. sharkattack

    sharkattack Rescued pets over people. All day, every day

    Jesse Pinkman knows how...
     
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  9. CB186

    CB186 go f@ck yourself

    I think you're 20 years late to the ATM business.
     
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  10. thrak410

    thrak410 My member is well known

    Where'd the pay phones go?
     
  11. brex

    brex Well-Known Member

    We took a road trip up around Mt. Rushmore and surrounding areas the summer before last. We stayed in the little town of Keystone just outside Mt. Rushmore. There were two pay phones next to a public restroom, it was a bit funny to see people taking pics of the phones. But then I ended up doing the "history tour" bit to my son, explaining what they were for and that they used to be everywhere. He had never seen one before that.
     
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  12. R Acree

    R Acree Banned

    I haven't used an ATM in years. When I need cash, I just get a few bucks when I make a purchase with a debit card.
     
  13. R Acree

    R Acree Banned

    LOL...I have noticed the remnants of 2 pay phones in Augusta (there may be more, but I don't pay that close attention). One location is just the wire hanging down whith no phone remainiong. The other, just up the road, is a phone, no handset, no service wire.
     
  14. Bugslayer

    Bugslayer Well-Known Member

    I use them when we are at our place in Baja to get pesos.
    It's always fun to look at the balance in pesos, too.
     
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  15. ChemGuy

    ChemGuy Harden The F%@# Up!

    Ya'll need to spend more time in "da ghetto". Lots of ATM's at the local Bodega...low fees of course. :rolleyes:
     
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  16. Sabre699

    Sabre699 Wait...hold my beer.

    "I ain't no skank!" she said. :crackup:
     
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  17. DrA5

    DrA5 The OTHER Great Dane

    Nope. I spoke with him twice in my life. Two times too many.
     
  18. thunderalley3

    thunderalley3 Well-Known Member

    I know someone who has been in the "portable" ATM business for a number of years. He does very well at it but has had contracts on locations for years and no one else is getting into his turf. He only does special events, think short term, longest venue 3 weeks where there are many vendors such as food, t-shirts and alcohol who only accept cash.
    He said the way to make money is lock up the territory, butter up the vendors to do "cash only" and point those who need cash to his ATM.
    Also he limits the withdrawal amount to $50 per transaction fee so people in the small area will hit it more than once.
    He services his machines and it is a huge risk he takes. I have been sitting with him and he gets pinged from a machine that needs filling and he carries an unreal amount of cash on him as well as cash stashed all over in vehicles, house etc. Not many know his business and he looks dirt poor so he has avoided any trouble so far but he takes a huge risk everyday he has machines out.
     
  19. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    I used to use them at the airport or on the way there for petty cash. Change over to whatever currency I needed at the airport. Germany seemed to still be cash driven, a lot of places I thought CC might be too risky but China was going cashless so I still have some Mao money laying around.
    Haven’t touched one in a few years.
     
  20. auminer

    auminer Renaissance Redneck

    Beat me to it. :crackup::crackup::crackup:
     
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