Discovery Exclusive Toy ATM Bank

by Discovery Channel

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000GKUHIY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,346 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

Product Description

Kids can manage money the way adults do with an Automated Teller Machine (A). Accepts real bills and coins dispenses cash like a real A, enter secret PIN number for access, make deposits and withdrawals keeps running total of savings electronic bill feeder coin recognition. This at-home A is an excellent way to learn about saving money. Create your own secret code for access and keep your allowance safe from little brothers and sisters. It operates with U.S. currency only.

Customer Reviews

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98 of 104 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, January 20, 2007

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T. S. Piccolotti (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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The copy on the product is a little misleading. It doesn't actually "dispense" money like an ATM. When you decide to withdraw you enter the amount you want to take out, the whole bottom drawer opens and you reach in and take out what you want. All the money just sits in the bottom drawer all mashed up together. It would be a good place to hide other small treasures from brothers and sisters.

The machine is basically just a big calculator with a running total. If you make an error you have to adjust manually which is confusing to kids.

For anyone laboring under the misconception - this machine does not read bills or count money, it's just a calculator with a drawer in the bottom.

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time-tested toy, November 10, 2006

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nssf "nssf" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

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My nine year old son received one of these as a birthday gift. I thought it was pretty cute. I was surprised, though, by how much mileage he got out of it. He used it as a bank, and kept his money in it. But he also used it to play "bank" and other games with his sisters and friends -- which occasionally degenerated into "bank robber"-- but they had a ton of fun with this an accessory for make-believe games of all kinds. I think just having the bank motivated him to save his money, too - something that we'd had a hard time getting him to do when he was just putting it into an old-fashioned piggy bank. There's something to be said for introducing kids early to the realities of putting the money in, taking it out, and when you take out too much, there's none left!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Educational, January 18, 2007

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J. Simon (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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I bought this for my 6 year old daughter. She loves it. It helps her to keep track of her money and she loves to enter in money and watch her account grow. I do wish it had 2 or more "accounts" so she could also work on saving her money.

I would recommend this to a friend.