> Make a second account at your bank. One account is > 'storage' and has all your money. You never use > the 'storage account' ATM card for anything outside > your bank's ATM machines. > > The second one is where you only keep $50-$100 in > it. When you use your ATM card it's only this account > that's used. Just before you make a purchase, move > money from your 'storage account' into your 'active > account' and make the purchase.
I second the idea of having a storage account. I do a similar thing myself but for other reasons. I always just keep $100 and every time I make a purchase I move money from my storage account over. The only problem is that this does not work as well with credit cards. I believe that in the US there is some form of company that allows you to make temporary cards for online purchases. Thanks ~ Bryce Wilson, AS202313