How much cash do you keep at home?

edited 27 February 2012 at 1:01PM in MoneySaving polls
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edited 27 February 2012 at 1:01PM in MoneySaving polls
Poll started 27 Feb 2012, click here to vote

Are you stashing the cash under the mattress? How much cash do you usually keep in your home and wallet/purse in total?

Please select one from the below.

Under £50
£50 - £100
£101 - £200
£201 - £500
£501 - £1,000
£1,001 - £2,500
£2,501 - £10,000
£10,000 +

click 'post reply' to discuss below. Thanks :)


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  • VfM4meplseVfM4meplse PPR
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    Nothing - literally! - unless you count the odds and sods of old currency leftover from trips abroad.

    I don't believe in using cash, and generally have £30-40 in my wallet which will last me for weeks. I much prefer using credit cards and electronic payment methods. Anyone trying to burgle me is in for a surprise.
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Forumite
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    I always keep some cash under the matress....:o

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    ....just in case. :cool:
  • VfM4meplse wrote: »
    Nothing - literally! - unless you count the odds and sods of old currency leftover from trips abroad.

    I don't believe in using cash, and generally have £30-40 in my wallet which will last me for weeks. I much prefer using credit cards and electronic payment methods. Anyone trying to burgle me is in for a surprise.

    As much as that? I rarely have any money in my wallet unless I know I'm going somewhere that won't take cards. I miss my Nationwide account for travelling abroad as it meant I could take out tiny amounts of cash ($10 or ... where the h~ll is the Euro key on this computer?) without paying a fee. Now I have to change money in advance and carry 100 Euros (where is that key?) for 2 weeks holiday!
  • I have £10.63 in the house right now.
  • LimeLightLimeLight Forumite
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    inicholson wrote: »
    As much as that? I rarely have any money in my wallet unless I know I'm going somewhere that won't take cards. I miss my Nationwide account for travelling abroad as it meant I could take out tiny amounts of cash ($10 or ... where the h~ll is the Euro key on this computer?) without paying a fee. Now I have to change money in advance and carry 100 Euros (where is that key?) for 2 weeks holiday!

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    there it is!
    just passing through.... Nothing to see....
  • PasturesNewPasturesNew Forumite
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    £5-10 usually.... tops.
  • Owain_MoneysaverOwain_Moneysaver Forumite
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    42 people have more than £10,000 in cash?

    Wouldn't it be more moneysaving to put it in an ISA? Or are they not just moneysaving but taxavoiding?
    A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.
  • PeteWPeteW Forumite
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    Wow, so if you were to go burgling, you have a 1 in 50 chance of finding over £10,000 under someone's bed? No wonder crime in this country is so bad!

    Wouldn't have much sympathy for the idiots who lost it mind you...
  • 42 people have more than £10,000 in cash?

    Wouldn't it be more moneysaving to put it in an ISA? Or are they not just moneysaving but taxavoiding?

    That's just 2% of the poll. In any poll at least 2% of people will vote spuriously or randomly.
    Apparently I'm 10 years old on MSE. Happy birthday to me...etc
  • Would anyone who ticked £10,000 like to take me out? lol
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