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11-02-2012, 10:28 AM
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Bank of Montreal Toast
Went to the bank this morning to drop a cheque off.
All ATM's nationally are down. All branches are down. Your debit cards and credit cards won't work. You can't even go into the branch and get cash from a teller.
Been down all morning, and the smokin' hot lady at the branch had no idea when thier system will be back up. They had no information to offer.
BMO online doesn't work either.
So, hope you haven't gassed up with fuel and then went inside to pay....
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11-02-2012, 10:30 AM
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This explains the woman at Safeway today who's 3 cards wouldn't read at the express checkout. Very red face on her!
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11-02-2012, 10:35 AM
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What?!!!!
This really F 's the "not work" I have to do today......
Checked online, BofM is down.... 
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11-02-2012, 10:36 AM
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wow that sucks you guys. Not good when EVERYTHING is down.
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11-02-2012, 10:37 AM
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11-02-2012, 10:38 AM
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No kidding, I have conditions to remove on a house and that is where my clients deal.....
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11-02-2012, 10:42 AM
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I'm headed to BC, spending the night in Fernie tommorrow.
All of my banking is with BMO. At least I'm still in Calgary, and have a bit of gas in my tank, and food in the cupboard. Going to have to mooch lunch money from a co-worker that owes me.
I heard a rumour it has something to do with the east coast storms. You would think a major financial instituition would have backups of backups for thier systems. 
My problems are minor compared to thousands of other people who have payments to make etc.
Last edited by Albertadiver; 11-02-2012 at 10:48 AM.
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11-02-2012, 10:55 AM
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Time to pawn your diving equipment! Or start rolling your loose change
But seriously, this is a good reason to have some emergency cash on hand. Good to have a back up plan if you ever had to head for the hills.
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We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
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11-02-2012, 10:57 AM
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Oh god! Its starting!
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11-02-2012, 11:00 AM
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Quote:
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oh god! Its starting!
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lol...
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11-02-2012, 11:00 AM
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Looks like it might be back up. Can't imagine how many computer nerds are pounding back energy drinks right now at head office.
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11-02-2012, 11:04 AM
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Always a good idea to keep some cash in the mattress!
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11-02-2012, 11:08 AM
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The first rule about Fight Club....... 
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11-02-2012, 11:11 AM
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I bank @ 3 different places.....for this very reason.
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11-02-2012, 11:14 AM
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I shouild note my wife has an ATB account, but then she knows what I'm buying......
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11-02-2012, 11:16 AM
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cash is still King...
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11-02-2012, 11:16 AM
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Reminds me when Shaw went down and ATB was offline for days. Baffles my mind banks don't have backups and backups for those backups.
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11-02-2012, 11:22 AM
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/backs up computer LOL
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11-02-2012, 11:35 AM
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News is saying the Outage has been restored
Stik'em
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11-02-2012, 01:14 PM
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Good reason to keep a supply of cash handy, and NEVER EVER EVER, only deal with one financial institution. Have credit cards from a couple sources, and ATM/online accessible accounts from a couple more different from the first two. Never hurts to have a spare credit card that has a zero balance to be used only in emergencies.
Learned this the hard way when the Rose thorns at CIBC decided to throw a major boning into me dry.
Never trust a bank, they will all have "computer" glitches occasionally.
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11-02-2012, 01:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stik'em
News is saying the Outage has been restored
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Partially, still can't make bill payments currently.
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11-02-2012, 01:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by newguy
cash is still King...
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X2 on that!! I only and will ever only deal with cash (with the exception of a credit card I use for a very select few things, booking hotel rooms or whatever). The eventual headache with plastic just isn't worth it for me.
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11-02-2012, 01:54 PM
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I've had no problem today using my BMO debit card gassed the pickup at 0700 and used it to buy lunch today....no problems at all.
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11-02-2012, 05:11 PM
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That's why places should still have them old fashion visa things , then punch it in at a later time .
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11-02-2012, 07:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES
That's why places should still have them old fashion visa things , then punch it in at a later time .
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trust me... you dont want that...... little peices of papers with your credit card number on them all over town.....
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