Comments on: How Much Cash Do You Keep At Home?

By: Robert Wayne

Robert Wayne — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:59:45 +0000

I keep $2000 in cash at home. I also keep a loaded weapon handy and wouldn’t mind using it against some burglar.

By: Cindy M

Cindy M — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:47:05 +0000

Whatever’s in the change jar and in my billfold right now. Probably should hide some bucks but I’ve never felt a great need to do this. I live in a borderline iffy kind of neighborhood but have never been robbed. I work from home and am here most of the time and very visible because I walk so much and am in my yard a good deal. I never carry much on me when out but when asked have almost always come across with a dollar. Not much in my house a thief would want for sure, and I keep my lifestyle that way on purpose. Most of what I’ve got is in my 401K and other savings.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:49:58 +0000

We probably keep about $50 at home. We went through the big power failure that hit the US east coast, and a lot of people were in a tough spot with no atm’s or credit card machines working.

By: Jordan Clark

Jordan Clark — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:35:39 +0000

I just found your site from pfbuzz.com I found the article headline captivating, so I wanted to add our own experience. We have about $2500 in small bills well hidden in our place as well as a large survival backpack with enough emergency supplies for about 2 weeks. In case of natural disaster it doesn’t make sense to only have money, having basic supplies is also essential.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:16:31 +0000

I have mixed feelings on this. My house was recently broken into and ransacked in May, and they did indeed tear everything apart looking for money and valaubles – down to emptying out my food canisters full of beans. And they did find it.

It’s hard, though, thinking of place to keep it that would be safe enough (unless I cut a hole in the mattress, I don’t think I’d feel too safe…and even then!), but I do understand the need for when power is out and banks are down (post-hurricane comes to mind).

By: Zainuddin Ab Rahim

Zainuddin Ab Rahim — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:13:35 +0000

From where I’m staying ie Malaysia, you must have cash in hand because not everything can be purchase via credit card.Minimum usage of credit card.

By: Curt

Curt — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:35:02 +0000

With banks beginning to fail, I think I’m going to open several more banks to stread some money around so that if one bank fails, I will still be able to operate my account in my other banks. I have a few hundred dollars are home, but am considering increasing to a few thousand.

By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:50:19 +0000

We keep several hundred dollars at home just to have it. We have never thought about ATM not working in case of a natural disaster. Interesting perspective.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:08:54 +0000

Hey, I just remembered something. At one time I had my daughter giving me the majority of her cash from a waitressing job. This started when she was 15. I let her keep a quarter of the money and I got three fourths for college, car, life savings. I placed it in a safe deposit book at the bank. That only cost me $12 as long as I maintained an account at the bank that had $5 in it. Now I guess weather and other challenges could be possibility as far as safety but I know that worked for us.

By: baselle

baselle — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:51:06 +0000

stiyg – please don’t feed the troll.

I keep a bit at work, definitely enough to get me home. I can’t say that I keep any cash at home, and I experienced the Nisqually quake in Seattle. I’ll have to re-think that possibility…but I really want to hide it. I can rent a PO Box within 10 blocks of my house. Anybody store emergency $ that way?