How much cash do you keep at home? 27 February 2012 at 12:39PM edited 27 February 2012 at 1:01PM in MoneySaving polls 44 replies 13.3K views

Former_MSE_Debs

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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VfM4meplse

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.

[Deleted User]

I always keep some cash under the matress....:o




....just in case. :cool:

inicholson

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!

geri1965_2

I have £10.63 in the house right now.

LimeLight

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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PasturesNew

£5-10 usually.... tops.

Owain_Moneysaver

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?

PeteW

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...

stevemcol

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

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.

savesnine

Would anyone who ticked £10,000 like to take me out? lol