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If the bank teller short changed you $5, Out of luck?

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May 27, 2007
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Of all the amounts to withdraw, why didn't he go with an easy amount like $380 or $370. He had to withdraw $377 just to give himself a headache. However, I agree that it is the customer's duty to make sure the teller is counting right as they already fulfilled their obligations by counting it in front of you. It's really a shared responsibility. It's not that hard to count it with them in your head when they are counting in front of you.
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the tellers job is to re-count the cash in front of the customer so the customer can verify how much cash is being received. the cash units being used at TD are incredibly precise and i have never been shorted since ours were installed (unless the unit produced an error)

the customer at that point can double, triple or quadruple count their cash... i work at a high volume branch where the average wait time for a teller is around 20 minutes... if our clients can double/triple count, why can't your brother??

unfortunately, once you leave the branch, there is no recourse unless the teller/manager immediately realizes the error and knows its from your account.
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Don't ever go top that branch again. When you withdraw cash from a teller at TD (actually at any bank I have ever dealt with), the teller is supposed to count all of the money out in front of you and the camera, on the counter, in plain sight - just like at a casino cage.

Sounds like they did not do this and were not doing their job properly.
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just go back in the store like george constanza and yell "I Know what you did" and point an accusary finger.

are you sure youre friend didn't count the money wrong and that he wasn't actually short changed??
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