Good place to hide cash and other valuables?

Ballymackeonan

I used to work as internal auditor for a building society. I was called out once to a local branch where there had been a break-in. It must have been a long job as the back office safe had the outer metal layer hacked away, the concrete inner broken up and the metal inner hacked to make a large enough hole to get things out. Unfortunately, all that was in it was the petty cash tin with under £5 in it....! The real money was in the front office safe, near the front window and with lights on it.

One of my friends used to put her good jewellery and spare cash away when she was in holiday by bagging it, secreting it inside a whole salmon and putting it in the freezer...

GreyQueen

Upsidedown_Bear wrote: »

I keep a small amount of emergency cash in a book called "How to cope when the money runs out".

It seemed appropriate :idea:

Too funny!

Shame about the elderly couple being robbed but it is prudent to have the doors locked even when you are at home. One woman I know, a youngish lady with a child, was at home with her kitchen door unlocked and her purse on the table.

She was in the next room when a thief brazenly leapt over the back garden fence and walked in and took the purse.

It's good to be discreet about portable valuables, and this would include having effective window-coverings and using them, including drawing curtains once the lights are on indoors.

The student houses near here regularly fail in this, depsite warnings being given beforehand, and leave things like laptops and phones on windowsills of open windows on the street-side of the houses where they are in plain view. The Police are driven to distraction by this level of silliness, particularly when the uni warns them before they move in.

GreyQueen

purpleybat wrote: »

years ago when I worked for a bank we changed old style notes and damaged notes (as long as we had all of it) with no problem at all. things like old shillings etc we saw very rarely and had to ring head office for advice, but they were usually taken. 9 times out of 10 they weren't worth swapping so the customer didn't bother.
my dad took loads of white £5 and other money to barc bank a couple of years ago when gramps died and they found them in his wardrobe. it took them a while to credit his account with the money, but I think that was cos they had to verify they were real.
regarding the original post, I have nothing worth stealing and as I live in organised chaos I doubt id notice if someone did rummage through my stuff

If these were in reasonable condition, they would be worth at least £40 each as collectables. If anyone gets any, please consider that option before paying them into the bank.

Hard_Up_Hester

This is a tip given to me by a quilter friend, not for hiding valuables but for hiding large quantities of fabric stash. She used to remove the side of her bath and hide her fabric in there and get it out bit at a time

calicocat

I have just been given one of the new fivers in my change !!, feels very wierd. I didnt know they were out yet.........



........ rushes off to check i havent been given some HM version.... :rotfl:



Edit....they are out.....Durrrrh. They do feel very different.

coffeehound

Great tips here. This thread's been a bit of a wake-up having never given any thought to concealing valuables — mainly due to not having any Just realised that I've had 300 euro in an envelope sat on the kitchen counter for the past four months though

GreyQueen

I 'met' my first polymer fiver last Friday. They feel weird, imo, but we'll get used to them. I've used polymer banknotes before when travelling. They do look a little bit toytown, tho.

HH, doesn't your quilter friend worry about having a water leak under the bathtub, from the pipework to the taps or from the bath waste itself? I'd be a bit nervy about storing fabric under there, myself.

Coffehound, post-Brexit, the value of your euros went up sharply, so keeping them turned out to be a smart move. If you're not planning to travel to the eurozone, you could change them back for more than you bought them for.

katkin

Is it just me but I find the thought of hiding money at home uncomfortable. I understand the political and economic uncertainty issues but it doesn't sit easy with me.

If anyone was to break in and steal it would be the computer, tablet, mobiles then maybe the TV equipment. We have hardly anything else worth stealing. My wedding band has 9 diamonds set in it I wear it all the time, so maybe they'd have to chop it off my chubby finger....

Should I be thinking differently about this?

Hard_Up_Hester

GQ, she kept her fabric double wrapped in black bin bags.

calicocat

katkin wrote: »

Is it just me but I find the thought of hiding money at home uncomfortable. I understand the political and economic uncertainty issues but it doesn't sit easy with me.

If anyone was to break in and steal it would be the computer, tablet, mobiles then maybe the TV equipment. We have hardly anything else worth stealing. My wedding band has 9 diamonds set in it I wear it all the time, so maybe they'd have to chop it off my chubby finger....

Should I be thinking differently about this?

I dont trust banks 100% though either......Greece ??.... They could stop me withdrawing cash at anytime they like. I like to have a possible alternative, and be in more control.


Dont let them take ur ring.... :rotfl: