How much cash do you keep at home?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Usually around $100 and a ton of quarters for laundry.
Generally don't like keeping much cash, whether on me or at home.

 

[Insomniator]

1 or 2 million

 

[purbeast0]

i pretty much always have $0 cash on me at all times, at home included.

 

[Vic Vega]

 

[RossMAN]

Counting $12 or so in change, maybe $60?

Online banking + plastic = no cash

 

[Mixolydian]

Cash? WTF is that?

None.

 

[mnewsham]

I usually keep $100 taped inside my computer's chassis and then whatever cash I happen to have on hand, usually ~$20.


and I have ¥600

 

[Mixolydian]

Online banking + plastic = no cash

This.

 

[Vic Vega]

You have a whole $60?

I bet I have less than $20 in the entire house.

I take that back, my kid probably has $40 or so in his piggy bank.

If I keep cash in my wallet I will buy sodas from the vending machine at work... so I just don't do it.

 

[Strk]

I have my $2 bill.

 

[RossMAN]

You have a whole $60?

I bet I have less than $20 in the entire house.

I take that back, my kid probably has $40 or so in his piggy bank.

If I keep cash in my wallet I will buy sodas from the vending machine at work... so I just don't do it.

I just did a quick inventory because I'm bored.

$12 coins + $5 for me and wife has $30 cash = whatever that is.

 

[CurseTheSky]

Probably around $100, plus whatever everyone else in the house has.

You never know if the power is going to be out, or banking systems will be down for some reason, and you need to buy more gas for the generator. Just one scenario, but it's cheap insurance.

 

[IGemini]

<$10 in change at home. Laundry is done via separate debit. I hate keeping a lot of cash on hand.

 

[madoka]

I feel vulnerable if I don't have have at least $30,000 on hand.

 

[velillen]

Guess im the odd ball here. I keep a healthy amount as emergency money. Nothing super crazy but enough to be able to pay for a decent sized unexpected event. Bought a few things off craigslist or other forums and met with cash. So much easier than having to run to the bank to make a withdrawal when it usually ends up being after the banks are closed.

But i have a good safe to store it in. Without the safe id keep much less at home

 

[Fritzo]

LOL- I have two teens. If they smell money on me it's gone in seconds.

 

[Mermaidman]

I feel vulnerable if I don't have have at least $30,000 on hand.

Between that and $60K in Lego heads, you should feel quite invulnerable.

 

[Charlie98]

Online banking + wife = no cash

There... FTFM (Fixed that for Me.)

I usually have between $500 and $2000 in the safe, and, oddly enough, a bucket full of change in the garage. I don't do credit cards so what I see is what I got.

 

[RossMAN]

There... FTFM (Fixed that for Me.)

I usually have between $500 and $2000 in the safe, and, oddly enough, a bucket full of change in the garage. I don't do credit cards so what I see is what I got.

LOL so true

 

[Meghan54]

Right now, between $2K-$3K in cash in the house.

While plastic and online banking are great ways to spend, they don't work in every instance, for instance when dickering in someone's yard about the purchase price of a boat. Cash always talks quite loudly vs. "Let's go down to the ATM." Just doesn't have the impact. Nothing else can make a sale like cash in your hand.

 

[mnewsham]

While plastic and online banking are great ways to spend, they don't work in every instance, for instance when dickering in someone's yard about the purchase price of a boat. Cash always talks quite loudly vs. "Let's go down to the ATM." Just doesn't have the impact. Nothing else can make a sale like cash in your hand.

That's how my grandpa buys cars, seems to work for him, always manages to get them fairly cheap.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I usually keep around $100. I use cash for small stuff like ordering out etc. I usually bring a 20 with me when I go to work, in case I decide to order out or go get something.

 

[JimmiG]

What is this "cash" you speak of?

 

[Ms. DICKINSON]

My mom buries them in the backyard. I thought that was funny. Fuck off, gobment.

 

[Meghan54]

That's how my grandpa buys cars, seems to work for him, always manages to get them fairly cheap.

You'd be surprised how much someone will drop their asking price when their eyes are full of $100 bills, just sitting there right in front of them. Doesn't always work, but it's how we got our "new" boat for under $4K when the asking price was $6500.