Why ATM Fees Now Make Me Smile

I travel a lot, and while Wainwright Bank here in Boston has been great, I was just so rarely near one of their ATMs when I needed cash, that I often had to swallow obnoxious ATM fees.

As they say, you don't know what you've got until it's gone (true story: I saw them in concert in 1987. Twice.), and I had no idea just how annoying those fees really are until I stopped paying them. OK, I technically do still pay the fee, but every month I now get all of those fees refunded:

    01/31/2008    ATMREBATE    ATM Fee Rebate    $10.75

Schwab's not the only bank to offer ATM fee rebates, and now may be a great time to find one that works for you.