Do you keep money in your home?

Jim Bob Scratcher

With a lot of robberies happening nationwide on a daily occurrence, I'm curious do many boards members keep large or any amounts of cash on their property? I myself would keep a small amount and, I will say that it can be headache at times thinking about it if someone were to ever break in. PS - I'm not a burglar :pac:

The Backwards Man

I keep it all in a biscuit tin in the third shed behind the house, second shelf on the right as you go in.

jamesbere

I keep very little in my house, just coins really. But I find that cos I use my card so much I really don't have a lot of loose change lying about.

A neighbour of mine doesn't use a bank, I'm confident he has a very wealthy mattress

seamus

No. Barely deal in cash much at all anymore. Every now and again my wife will get a few hundred euros in fees, we just split that between ourselves into our wallets.

Never understood people having money stuffed under the mattress or hidden in jars. Makes no sense.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

If I know I'll need extra cash for a delivery or such, I may keep a few hundred extra in cash.

Would a potential burglar know that there's cash at any particular time in any house though?

I'd be more concerned at a burglary to get the car keys than about them looking for cash.

Mr. Incognito

No. I dont handle money

Its covered in germs and spends most of its day in filthy places

Jim Bob Scratcher

seamus wrote: »

No. Barely deal in cash much at all anymore. Every now and again my wife will get a few hundred euros in fees, we just split that between ourselves into our wallets.

Never understood people having money stuffed under the mattress or hidden in jars. Makes no sense.

Too avoid the taxman;)

Harry Palmr

Cash is for parking meters. I have a 20 euro note and loads of small change in some jars. That's it.

garbo speaks

My money is all in...Bill's house...and...Fred's house.

OU812

€150 in fivers

Small part of the emergency fund put aside for cash emergency (to be replaced if spent).

Need taxi fare or sudden school costs (kids remind you that morning that they need a tenner for something etc.) or just to have a couple of who’d without having to go to the bank or pocket money etc etc.

Whomever spends it replaces it so there’s always €150 there.

Much as I’d like to go all digital, there’s plenty of reasons to keep cash around.

Sabre0001

Jokes on them! I hardly keep money anywhere...




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Auguste Comte

Not having any cash available is all well and good till the banks have a computer issue, hacked or whatever and they tell people that it will be 10 days before they can fix it. What use are your cards then. Cash is king.

Feisar

No, I usually never have much cash on hand. I do think I don't realize how much I spend during the week, tap here, tap there.

A lot to be said for withdrawing €100 on a Sunday to see how far it goes or doesn't. Amazing how quickly a few coffees and a fancy sambo add up.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Not really anymore. Just what's ever in my wallet on a given day.

I worked for a couple of years in my teens without an active bank account. Ended up with cash all over the place, stuffed into envelopes which were hidden around my bedroom.

Not a good way to operate. Cash terrifies me.

Dial Hard

Nope, that's what the bank is for.

Have about €20 in the egg fund (we get our eggs delivered from a local farm) at any given time, that's it.

Graces7

I only shop once a fortnight or so.

At my first shop, I use my card and get cashback. What I have left when I get home depends; sometimes just coin, sometimes a little more.. I never need cash until next time out and as long as I have food in and fuel, and petrol in the car, all is well.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

I don't have a contactless card so I get rogered altogether with fees if I use it the whole time so I generally have the week's cash on hand. The bank I'm with has particularly bad fees.

I have a savings account but I also have a savings Pringles tin :pac: apparently 500 €2 coins fit in the big ones. But himself keeps raiding that because he keeps forgetting to get a leap card.

We're obviously both very good with money...

RobbingBandit

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Jim Bob Scratcher

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Appropriate username :pac:

RobbingBandit

Well at least I'm not scratching my jim bob

Jim Bob Scratcher

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Well at least I'm not scratching my jim bob

Every bloke scratches his jimbob from time to time.

Panic Stations

I keep some tucked away in the bedroom. No more than 100 really.

Like to have it there in case I'm ever stuck for something or if I get a taxi home and don't have cash available.

garbo speaks

I used to know a guy who kept paper money up his rectum. You would think that the money would be stained from poo, but it was usually stained from blood.

Cee-Jay-Cee

I usually keep maybe €60-100 in cash in my wallet but that's it, no other money in the house.

Depends, I'd almost always have a few hundred in the house for various reasons and have at different times in the past had a few thousand in the house.

I do not have this fear of carrying large amounts of cash or keeping cash in the hosue that many have. The chances of being mugged are so small its hardly worth talking about and any cash in the house is very well hidden and not a hope it would be found in a break in.

Sleepy

Unless someone is coming to do a job and I've taken out cash to pay for it, the best a burglar could hope for would be a heap of copper from the coin jar. Anything larger gets taken out of it for bread / milk / bus fares / school stuff or the like...

meeeeh

The most money in our house is in piggy banks. I had to borrow 20 from my then seven year son for local raffle or similar before because I had no cash. He is worse than any backstreet money lender and it I gave him money back next day because I was constantly reminded how much I owe him.

Micky___

I usually deal with card all the time. Tap Tap everywhere. But over last 8-9 months I’ve build up over a €1300 just lying in the house. Christmas money / Birthday money / sold some furniture.
But I am pure paranoid everyday leaving it in the house. I have it well hidded in bedroom. I look the bedroom door everyday just in case.

Annoying this is now I have to lodge it in bank to pay car insurance.

Trigger Happy

I just keep a few hundred quid in various currencies. A fake passport and a small handgun in my 'Break for the border' bag. And a copy of GQ magazine of course.

I could tell you more but official secrets act etc.

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the_pen_turner

iv about 100-150 hiden in a reasonably hidden place. its there for emergancies and also if some scumbage breaks in demanding money i would rather give it to him than him torture me to tell him where i hide my money even if i had none. if they think you have money (even if you dont ) in the house they will do all sorts to you to get it.

frag420

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I keep it all in a biscuit tin in the third shed behind the house, second shelf on the right as you go in.

You have obviously not been in the shed since Sunday last eh...

mohawk

Won't get much cash here I use my card for everything. If they were to break in the only cash the robber would find is in my child's Money box. He is saving for a PlayStation or a Lego Death Star it changes daily so I can't keep up. So no point robbing us unless you want to break the heart of a young boy.

the_pen_turner

mohawk wrote: »

Won't get much cash here I use my card for everything. If they were to break in the only cash the robber would find is in my child's Money box. He is saving for a PlayStation or a Lego Death Star it changes daily so I can't keep up. So no point robbing us unless you want to break the heart of a young boy.

they would take the food from a staving child mouth . scum dont have boundries like that

Graces7

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Reminds me of an old lady on the North Sea island where I lived. She lived penury even though she had "the pension" . After she died they found money everywhere. Just the way she was raised when things there were so tough

tayto lover

If anyone comes in and finds money in my house i'll give them half.

ouxbbkqtswdfaw

I think it is a good idea to keep €200 to €300 in the house in case a burgler does break in. If you can give him some cash he would be less inclined to physically attack you.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

When the Euro came in, and we had to convert any punts we were holding, a local van driver here was driving along a major road and noticed notes along the side of the road. He picked up quite a volume, drove on and came to an old man with a bag on the carrier of his bike, leaking money. He put the bike in the van, went back the road picking up money and brought the man to the bank. The guy had over IR£9000 in the bag.

jimmycrackcorm

Auguste Comte wrote:

Not having any cash available is all well and good till the banks have a computer issue, hacked or whatever and they tell people that it will be 10 days before they can fix it. What use are your cards then. Cash is king.

Forget cash. Ever since the beast of the East bread is king.

Sleeper12

Older people did this because they wouldn't trust the banks. I always thought that they were mad but it turns out that they were right all along!

tedpan

I used to keep a tub of 10, 20, 50c & 1e coins underneath the bed. I'm guessing about 500e total. The house was robbed 18 months ago. This was the only thing they took, no interest in the TV or laptop sitting next to it.

Insurance companies don't cover cash so couldn't claim and had to buy a new patio door and glass.

Very sad day as it was our wedding anniversary.

PandaPoo

There would never be more than €30 in our house. We both use our card so rarely have cash, no fancy jewellery or anything valuable. Even the t.v. is more hassle to rob than it's worth.

The house is usually trashed by the kids so they'd probably think we were already broken into.

jacksie66

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OldMrBrennan83

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€15 in my wallet at the moment. Never really have more than €50 in cash on me unless I'm out. Have a coin jar containing a mixture of euro, punt, sterling, zloty, dollar, fag machine tokens and maybe the odd peseta, drachma and French franc.

Tigger

Since my phone started being able to pay in aldi I resent everyone that doesn’t take Apple Pay
I don’t keep money in my pockets let alone my house

Stonedpilot

Auguste Comte wrote: »

Not having any cash available is all well and good till the banks have a computer issue, hacked or whatever and they tell people that it will be 10 days before they can fix it. What use are your cards then. Cash is king.

Sense!.

We need cash in case cards and computers go kaput.

Anyone who has faith in banks is terribly naive.

Most of the major banks IT upkeep/technical side is ran from India as they can pay them half nothing on sub contracts rather than Irish IT guys in Ireland.

The finanical structure is very very fragile.

Will come a day when its a regular occurance when banks cant dispense money digitally due to "tecnhical issues".

Cash gives you privacy too.
ALL credit/debit card transactions monitored and recorded.

OldMrBrennan83

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somefeen

I always have around 100 - 200 euro in cash. I find its easier to really see how much your spending that way.
When I get paid I take out what I think I'll need for the week. Psychological mostly but helps me keep my spending in check since I'm actually seeing the money dwindling.

RobbingBandit

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High Fibre batch loaf will be like bitcoin we can call it Project Brennans. Space bakers instead of space monkeys.

namloc1980

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Sense!.

We need cash in case cards and computers go kaput.

Anyone who has faith in banks is terribly naive.

Most of the major banks IT upkeep/technical side is ran from India as they can pay them half nothing on sub contracts rather than Irish IT guys in Ireland.

The finanical structure is very very fragile.

Will come a day when its a regular occurance when banks cant dispense money digitally due to "tecnhical issues".

Cash gives you privacy too.
ALL credit/debit card transactions monitored and recorded.

If the financial system collapses as you suggest, then the paper money in your pocket will be little more than fancy monopoly money. Cash would be worthless in such a scenario.