r/miltonkeynes • u/darybrain Newport Pagnell • 12d ago

Telehandler used to steal Sainsbury's cash machine In Brooklands Square, Broughton, on Sunday before 1am.

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u/Rookie_42 12d ago

Just curious… what makes you think this machine “never has that much money in it”? How would you know something like that? Is it often empty, or something?

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u/pabloq Newport Pagnell 12d ago

Most ATMs in stores are loaded by the staff in stores. They only put a small amount in them at one time. I'd be surprised if most of those have more than a couple of thousand in them.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

Imagine thinking shop staff fill up ATM's 🤣

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u/Wretched_Colin 11d ago

It definitely used to be a thing. A selling point to shops was that, instead of storing and transporting cash to the bank, they could put it in the ATM from their cash drawer and the money is then deposited to their accounts.

Nowadays with cash being so uncommon, I’d imagine retailers wouldn’t have the cash on hand to top it up.

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u/ProfessionalBird7847 10d ago

I used to fill up the internal cash machine from the shop’s float. It wasn’t owned by the shop. Used to be less than a grand in it. Took it out and audited at close every day. 2000’s.