What's the largest cash purchase you've ever made?

[MonkeyMama]

Wow. I know I'm the one always asking about carrying cash but to think that $50 is a lot to spend is just mind boggling to me.

I don't know if $50 is "a lot" to spend - I just don't remember spending more than that in cash.

I am 36 and have really traditionally paid everything by cash or check. (Not everyone took credit cards 20 years ago, but could always pay by check).

I have just never had any need to buy anything so "cash only". Sure, if I Was a flea market or an antique shopper, I'd have to carry a little more cash. (I think more to the point, when I Was young and cash was more prevalent I simply did not have any money! I always worked, but cost of living was expensive, and I paid my way through college, bought my first car, and so on. I bought a couple of cars with checks and cashiers checks over the years - never cash).

{I sold a car for $3,000 cash, and *that* made me uncomfortable. Probably carrying around $500+ would make me feel a little uncomfortable. Just risk of theft or loss. We immediately took that $3,000 to the bank. Phew!!}.

[disneysteve]

I am 36

As I said, it is probably a generational thing. I'm 49.

(Not everyone took credit cards 20 years ago, but could always pay by check).

I would never accept a check at an antique show, garage sale, or flea market. It was cash only or you weren't getting the merchandise. I don't know anybody who would take the chance of accepting a check from a total stranger. With my mail order business, I took checks regularly (this was in the days before PayPal) because I didn't have to ship the order until the check cleared. But for in person sales, it was strictly cash.

[feh]

Using cold, hard currency? I don't really know...I can't think of any large transactions. It's definitely less than $500.

We bought our current home for cash, but that was a cashier's check, obviously.

[Chris Leese]

I rarely use cash at all these days and pay for everything via credit card and then just payoff every month. So I would venture to say, largest cash purchase would be under $100.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

If we're talking about actual currency, the biggest purchase I can think of is $300 for 40 bales of straw, delivered. I think I'm just not remembering far enough back in time though.

[keen3105]

Since it seems that most people don't carry cash much these days, but some people here do an all cash system, what is the largest cash purchase you've made and what was it for? Did you feel uncomfortable making the purchase with cash? Would you do it again?

I bought a truck for $50,000 cash. I really should have financed it for 36 months.

[BuckyBadger]

I paid for a horse with $8,000 in cold hard cash. I went to the bank and they went into a back room and counted it out for me. Then I kept it in my freezer for two nights until I gave it to the lady to pay for the horse.

Other than that not much in actual cash. Maybe $500 for a Craigslist sofa. I've written much bigger checks, but as far as actual green currency that's all I can think of.

[dojo]

New laptop bought in May, when the other one 'died' on me. Around 1300 bucks. I just closed 2 personal bank accounts because of the insane commission I was paying. Most purchases now are small, so I just carry a little cash. For the bigger ones I can pay via PayPal or my company bank account.

[Blessed]

Our largest cash purchase was our camper. I felt vulnerable carrying it.I brought $6000 but bargained down to 5100.

[JoeP]

I paid for a horse with $8,000 in cold hard cash. I went to the bank and they went into a back room and counted it out for me. Then I kept it in my freezer for two nights until I gave it to the lady to pay for the horse.

So it was quite literally COLD hard cash! Good way to freeze your assets!

[BuckyBadger]

So it was quite literally COLD hard cash! Good way to freeze your assets!

Haha! I never thought of it that way!

I figured if my house burned down it would be safe in the freezer, and that a thief probably wouldn't go searching through freezer-burned leftovers on the off chance that some idiot stuffed eight grand in there...

[amarowsky]

Not exactly a purchase but a time when I routinely use cash is at the casino. If I sit down at a blackjack or poker table, I'm typically putting $300-$500 cash down to buy chips.

I never knew you gambled steve. This surprised me quite a bit! Not trying to seem like I really know you that well, but judging by your posts over the past few years I never thought you would gamble ever, let alone with $300-500 @ a table game!

This makes me feel more human

[amarowsky]

And I think the most cash I have taken out was $5000 ish for a car purchase. It wasn't even for me though. The funny thing is I road my bicycle to the credit union to get the cash out, and I had the money sitting in the bag on the front of my bike. I road my ass off to get home, the thought of carrying that much cash didn't really set in until I was about a half mile away from the bank and I was like "man I got like quite a few paychecks worth of cash in my bag, on my bicycle, infront of everybody". I live in a safe area with very low crime, but needless to say I hurried my ass home!

[adviceseeker]

I am not that rich or really well off. I am a normal/ordinary person who doesn't own a car (but is thinking of buying one) I rent a house and such. But my biggest purchase in my life was when I bought an Iphone4 32gb a few years ago for $800.00 - at first, I was a bit hesitant on purchasing this because $800.00 is a large amount for me (I have my own savings in the bank but I really do not buy stuff ie. gadgets or whatever) but still I purchased it. Never regret it, loved it and after a few years after purchasing that particular gadget, I found myself having an Ipod touch 5th gen and an Ipad Mini and now, I am thinking of getting a car - if it is worth it or not.

[jaynorth]

It is very to seen that people carry cash in their pocket because this is time of carrying debit card, credit card etc. I am also don't carry so much of cash in my pocket. But when I purchase my bike I did full payment by cash and it around $9,500. It is my largest cash purchase in my life n I won't do it again.