How much cash do you keep at home?

tescobabe69

PeteW wrote: »

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...

Really ? You think someone with £10k an idiot, too stupid to invest in a safe? I would further suggest should you burgle someone with £10k cash in the house you probably have a 25% chance of being shot or having the crap kicked out of you.

Gordon_the_Moron

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!

Press alt gr and 4 and you should get a € symbol :-)

I keep as little money as possible on me or in the house, one less for someone to rob/me to lose if I lose my wallet and 2 that money can be sat earning interest rather than gathering dust!

Saturnalia

About a tenner, if that. I pay for everything by debit card, the only thing I need cash for is if I want something from the corner shop (and I try to get organised and buy everything at the supermarket as it is so much cheaper).

relaxtwotribes

Saturnalia wrote: »

I pay for everything by debit card

I find it slightly odd that people do this and slightly odder than MSE people do it. But then again, maybe they do not realise that all such transactions cost the retailer a fee, which then goes back onto the price of the goods, making those goods more expensive for everybody.
!!!!!! at least carry £25 around with you for those tiny purchases.

kitschkitty

You'd be lucky to find more than £20 in our house and often there is nothing at all, though I guess there must be a few quid of 1 & 2p's in the piggy bank.

We never take out more than £20 from the cashpoint unless we are specifically using it for something that day.

MediSin

I hardly have any cash in the house cos I've hardly got any cash anywhere! But I need cash for bus fares and small purchases - don't you hate getting stuck in the queue behind someone who spends 5 minutes trying to remember their PIN and is just buying a pint of milk? Glad you can't do that by cheque any more

Consumerist

Gordon_the_Moron wrote: »

Press alt gr and 4 and you should get a € symbol :-)

Works for me. Thanks for that. Beats [Alt][Numpad 0128]. :T

hennypenny_2

We usually count the piggy banks up just before Christmas and between the five of us (mum, dad and 3 kids) we've usually got around the £300-400 mark. Most of it goes on Christmas presents and it is always handy to know it's in the house if we ever need cash in a hurry (dinner money, school trips, etc). Right now though we've less than £30!

aldredd

inicholson wrote: »

I miss my Nationwide account for travelling abroad as it meant I could take out tiny amounts of cash without paying a fee. Now I have to change money in advance and carry 100 Euros for 2 weeks holiday!

Get an N&P account - they have zero overseas fees - pretty much only ones I think.

fattybumble85

relaxtwotribes wrote: »

I find it slightly odd that people do this and slightly odder than MSE people do it. But then again, maybe they do not realise that all such transactions cost the retailer a fee, which then goes back onto the price of the goods, making those goods more expensive for everybody.
!!!!!! at least carry £25 around with you for those tiny purchases.

It means that when I want a few bits and bobs coming to say £3 odd, £3 odd leaves my account as opposed to a tenner and the change getting wasted on odds and sods I wouldn't have bothered with if I hadn't the cash on me. Those tenners here and there soon add up.
And I don't think your comment really warranted a '!!!!!!'!