How much cash do you have in the house?

Real Donald Trump · 10-10-2022 1:05am #1

Following on from the cash is important thread in CA, how much do you have under the mattress ?

Gremlinertia · 10-10-2022 1:10am

I await tree-fiddy

Real Donald Trump · 10-10-2022 1:14am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724192#Comment_119724192

We don't take kindly to your type round here

cnocbui · 10-10-2022 1:35am

1,500 at the start and then I spend it so the figure drops. That's the max amount AIB allow from an in branch machine which seems to be the cheapest way to go, fee wise. I avoid using a card where possible.

Purple Mountain · 10-10-2022 2:01am

Literally zero, zip, nadda.

I pay absolutely everything by card or bank transfer or Revolut.

There might be some coppers in a jar somewhere but a robber would be very disappointed in this gaff.

Real Donald Trump · 10-10-2022 2:19am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724202#Comment_119724202

Do you have a safe? i'd be wary myself keeping that much around

Atlantic Dawn · 10-10-2022 2:21am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724202#Comment_119724202

Out of interest how do you manage all the coinage you get when making purchases. I've kind of gone pretty much card only to avoid shrapnel.

Nigel Fairservice · 10-10-2022 2:22am

Right now, about €15.

cnocbui · 10-10-2022 2:28am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724215#Comment_119724215

No, I'm fine with it.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724217#Comment_119724217

I spend the shrapnel, it doesn't accumulate.

10-10-2022 2:35am

Down to less than €2 at this stage, made up of 10c and 20c coins. Google pay for everything.

Ray Palmer · 10-10-2022 9:08am

Needing a safe for €1500 is hilarious. Do you really think a theif could find that amount of money in a house? So easy to hide and who is going to know to go look for it.

In saying that I did forget about €800 I had put away once but it was a pleasant surprise

I have about €3k in cash at hand and it has been useful.

L1011 · 10-10-2022 9:12am

About £6.50 STG and maybe 15 quid each max in USD, CAD, SFR and DKK left over from trips there.

In Euro, a couple of cent.

Last thing I needed to use cash for was to break notes for coins for the vending machine in work. It now takes card.

Ubbquittious · 10-10-2022 9:17am

Nice try would-be house burglar.

We all like to think we are anonymous here but if you read someone's few 1000 worth of posts you will be well on your way to finding out who they are. Couple with a few missing pieces from other social sites and a trip to a posters local pub or other low-energy detective work and you should be able to pinpoint someone's location. If I had 250k under a mattress from someone who spiked my drink and wanted to get away with it I would not be divulging it here cause you could be in for a nasty surprise.

Kimbot · 10-10-2022 9:19am

I have no cash in my home Mr Trump so theres no point you breaking in to steal it :P

The Continental Op · 10-10-2022 9:19am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724761#Comment_119724761

Unfortunately even if there is no cash any thief might trash your house looking just in case there is :-(

phormium · 10-10-2022 9:19am

I use cash mainly but I take out a set amount once a week from the ATM, the shrapnel as you call it builds up but I like that too lol. I put 2s in a jar for Christmas, 1s in a jar for holidays and the rest I just spend, anything that accumulates I put into the supermarket self service when doing a shop.

I usually have around 600 for Christmas which covers the full cost basically so feels painless, I lodge it in my bank account and take out the cash, I actually use a neighbouring town when passing through as you can pull up in front of their branch there so no lugging it around!

So the Christmas and Holiday stash of coins is in the house, easily found but sure it wouldn't break me if they want to haul that off!

Pissy Missy · 10-10-2022 9:34am

About 30cent and an unused condom

MIRMIR82 · 10-10-2022 9:34am

I have just added up what we have, and it's just under 3k....didn't realize that at all!!! I'm going to bring to bank today. We are saving for a holiday and I find if I leave it in my bank it will be spent.

Ray Palmer · 10-10-2022 9:35am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724820#Comment_119724820

Then it doesn't matter where you put the money or have any they will do that anyway

The Mighty Quinn · 10-10-2022 9:41am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724820#Comment_119724820

My grandmother is almost 90 years old. She's a hardy woman, but her Parkinson's has caught up with her. She's frail, but strong of mind. She lives alone. In the countryside.

She has next to no need for cash but keeps a decent sum in the top drawer of her bedside locker. This is to have ready to appease burglars in case they break into her tiny cottage. I think that is so sad but so wise of her. God bless her.

Pissy Missy · 10-10-2022 9:51am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724919#Comment_119724919

Wait, condoms expired, just 30 cent so

Motivator · 10-10-2022 10:08am

I’ve €9k in cash in the house. Every month for the last 2 years I take out cash from my wages and put it away in the house. I give my wife money to put into our joint account, put €200 in my wallet and then put the rest away. Anything else I just put on the card - Diesel, online shopping etc.

I have a direct debit every month that takes a set figure from my wages and I’ve no bank card for that account so I can’t spend it. Having the cash in the house means it’s literally emergency cash for whatever reason it’s needed - house/car repairs or whatever else could pop up. Everyone should have cash in the house.

realdanbreen · 10-10-2022 10:15am

You have to have between 3 & 4k walking around money at all times+ around 6 or 7k stashed somewhere.

10-10-20 · 10-10-2022 10:17am

About €10 in 1c and 2c coins (weighs about 3kgs) and about €25 in various other coinage which I use to feed the parking meters on the occasion that I have to leave the house. Oh and a bunch of NI fivers which I use to light the stove.

cnocbui · 10-10-2022 10:21am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724806#Comment_119724806

Lol

I've got an oil tank sitting outside half full of liquid money.

10-10-20 · 10-10-2022 10:22am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119725087#Comment_119725087

in notes, because that level of coinage would have it's own gravity, clearly.

AMKC · 10-10-2022 10:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724822#Comment_119724822

I put 2s in a jar for Christmas, 1s in a jar for holidays and the rest I just spend, anything that accumulates I put into the supermarket self service when doing a shop.

It must take a long time saving up all them 1 and 2 cent coins to be worth anything at all. Either that or you have a hell of a lot of 1 and 2 cent coins lol.

AMKC · 10-10-2022 10:28am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724227#Comment_119724227

Really. How do you get Google to pay from everything? I want that.

Timfy · 10-10-2022 10:39am

About a tenner in leftover sterling and a jar full of copper coins.

Ah, nearly forgot... I have 10 euro in my coat pocket from a client who "bought me a drink" for a small job.

realdanbreen · 10-10-2022 10:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724806#Comment_119724806

Good to see you're not paranoid anyway.

realdanbreen · 10-10-2022 10:48am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724894#Comment_119724894

The key to you having an unused condom probably lies in the fact that you only have 30c to your name!

Pissy Missy · 10-10-2022 10:51am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119725203#Comment_119725203

I'm sure I could get a discounted box of them in the pound shop 😆

crinkley · 10-10-2022 10:51am

I have 100 euro after the weekend and having to pay the bill on my card and some people giving me cash instead of revoluting it like a civilized humanbeing 😁. Hate having cash, end up with change that just sits there

Creamy Goodness · 10-10-2022 10:53am

None, I've given in to the cashless society overlords. next up, 5g phone.

ELM327 · 10-10-2022 11:09am

Nothing. we are cashless.

Hoop66 · 10-10-2022 11:13am

About £60 left over from a trip to London, nothing else. I have very little need for cash these days.

gipi · 10-10-2022 11:17am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724761#Comment_119724761

I was burgled 5 years ago and the thieves found old travellers cheques that were in a box in a "junk room" (ya know, the spare room where everything gets stored till it's sorted!). They were in an envelope at the bottom of an anonymous box, I'd even forgotten about them.

From the alarm records, they were in my house for 30 mins, ransacked every room and found any money I had in the place (even the coin jar), plus my few bits of jewellery.

Don't assume anywhere in a house is safe (no pun intended) where money is concerned.

Jim_Hodge · 10-10-2022 11:19am

Something around €800 in the house and €100 in my wallet. I use card mostly but there are times when cash is needed.

PokeHerKing · 10-10-2022 11:26am

I must have missed the other thread. Why do people have cash in their house?

I've a jar of coins but that's about it. I've free banking and even my drug dealer takes revolut.

Ray Palmer · 10-10-2022 11:34am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119725323#Comment_119725323

The things is they are going to do that to the property anyway. Good luck to them finding where I put money in my house because they will need to use magnets it isn't in a box just lying in some room.

corner of hells · 10-10-2022 11:35am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119725220#Comment_119725220

With 30 c , your box would definitely be discounted .

I'll get my coat.

jester77 · 10-10-2022 11:40am

Usually nothing, although I do have around €1400 or €1500 belonging to the kids in an old wallet. Any presents they got over the years that was over €50, I put in there so that they didn't spend it on crap. Keep meaning to open an account for them somewhere, must do that.

Hooked · 10-10-2022 12:04pm

If I broke into my own house, knowing all that I know - I'd be lucky to come away with a tenner! Just me and the wife (no kids) so no reason to have cash in the house. Not that I can think of, anyway...

All bills, etc... are electronic. Anything bought is on the card(s) and cash is only really needed if I'm paying someone to do a job... but being the DIY guru that I am - I mostly tackle all that stuff myself. I'm doing a deal with a lad today in cash (large-ish amount) - so I'll just grab it on the way.

realdanbreen · 10-10-2022 12:28pm

I take it all you guys who have no cash in the house also have very little money apart from whats in a current account. I stopped putting money in a bank deposit account years ago. There is zero interest to be got + it's open to scrutiny at any time.

realdanbreen · 10-10-2022 12:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119725572#Comment_119725572

Why would you need to break into your own house? Is there a barring order or something?

10-10-2022 12:40pm

I keep a €50 note under the clock on the living room mantlepiece.

It was something my mother used to do, if any of us (kids) were ever in an emergency and needed to get a taxi home, we knew there would be some money under the clock to pay the fare.

I guess I just carried it on. Other than that, just whats in my purse. I don't keep cash at home.

DownByTheGarden · 10-10-2022 12:44pm

I think i havent had much more than €30 in the house for years.

Gregor Samsa · 10-10-2022 12:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724806#Comment_119724806

If I had 250k under a mattress from someone who spiked my drink and wanted to get away with it I would not be divulging it here cause you could be in for a nasty surprise.

I think in that scenario, you've already had the nasty surprise. But were probably asleep for it.

Tippman24 · 10-10-2022 12:48pm

I have a jar that is used for collecting coinage up to and including €1. When jar is full it usually amounts to about €160. Bagged and brought to Post Office. The jar takes about 8 weeks to fill. Not much of a card user, probably reflecting my age.

BrianD3 · 10-10-2022 12:53pm

I have a couple of thousand, I don't hide it and in fact would prefer a burglar found it and then fcuked off satisfied with his work rather than trashing the house.

I agree with the post in this thread that nobody with any serious amount of cash in the house would/should post about it here. A lot of us have given away enough info on this site to make ourselves identifiable. Never tell anyone, online or offline if you have cash. Other people are idiots and they blab.

If I was a burglar I would target the homes of tradesmen as most will be doing cash jobs and evading tax, where are they keeping this money - most likely, in the house.

murpho999 · 10-10-2022 12:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119725050#Comment_119725050

I really don't see the point of having €9k emergency cash in the house when literally everything can be paid by card for the things you describe.

Large quantities of cash in a house is just not safe due to risk of theft, fire, flooding etc ( It does happen) and what is the advantage I just can't think of any.

Been virtually cashless since the arrival of Apple pay and won't be going back the speed, security and convenience of paying by phone/card just far outweighs any benefits of cash.

How much cash do you have in the house?

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