Yes, it is perfectly safe because:
No, all ATM's need a cash, credit or debit card to dispense cash or use any other function.
Yes, it is possible to put cash on a credit card through a cash advance. This allows you to withdraw cash from an ATM using your credit card, but it often comes with high fees and interest rates.
when a business takes money out of their cash register to deposit it in the bank or put it in their safe.
You put a thermometer on the surface of the ATM. The temperature should be much the same as the air temperature - unless there have been a lot of people withdrawing cash and the machine has been very busy.
Yes you can. There are no federal laws against it.
Take all your friends out to an expensive resturant. Put it on your credit card (normal charge no cash advance fee). Then have everyone pay their portion of the bill to you in cash. I like to call it the meal ATM :-)
yes it is, as long as the safe has been paid for, it is yours to put in all your important papers and cash and jewelry. that is why people rent them in the first place.
to put money (cash) in some place that is safe
No, you cannot deposit checks directly into an ATM.
Yes. But it would be better if you send it to me for safe keeping. LOL.
You put your card in as directed. you then key in your pin number. the ATM will then ask you how much cash you want, Key in the amount required. It will also ask you the nature of your account. Savings, check, credit, key in the information requested, if all is in order the ATM will dispense the requested amount of money to you. and remind you to remove your card and take your money.
There are a few websites that can help you locate an ATM machine. A couple of these are run by credit card companies and can be found at http://visa.via.infonow.net/locator/global/jsp/SearchPage.jsp and http://www.mastercard.com/cardholderservices/atm/. There are also apps that you can put on your like the one for iphones called ATM hunter which was developed by Mastercard so you may want to search for apps specific to your brand of cell phone.