Re: ATM ate my cards
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Well if the first one was stuck, the second one shouldn't go in.
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Having had an ATM consume my card once, I can tell you what happens. I had slightly bent the card, and usually on machines where this would be a problem it just wouldn't go in. However, at one point I found a machine where it went in, but couldn't come out. I looked around for some kind of knife-like object to stick in there and bend down the corner of the card - I could see it - but after about 30 seconds it sucked the card back in. In a nutshell, the machine can usually pull it in (after all, it got the card in in the first place) to a location it has for just such a purpose rather than jamming up the entire works. It also needs such a location for when it is confiscating cards where the PIN is incorrectly used.
So yeah, sticking in the second card was kinda silly. Just contact your issuing bank about the ATM, and call the credit card company as well. If it is the bank that you belong to, they can probably actually just give you the card, otherwise they have to reissue.
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