oneshooter
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Cash? Am currently between jobs. What is cash? 
Oneshooter
Livin in Texas
Oneshooter
Livin in Texas
How much cash do you carry?
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In comfortable times, I tend to carry $400-$600 in cash on my person. In more lean times, I try to always have $100. I never carry much cash in my wallet though, I keep $100 bills tucked in behind all the business cards in my card wallet. What kind of theif steals your business cards?
ksnecktieman
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I am amazed at how many here are not carrying any money. I had three daughters, and as soon as they got their drivers license I insisted that they have a 20 dollar bill, folded and tucked somewhere for emergencies (20 years later now, I would raise that to 50$) Behind a pic in a wallet or something. Has no one here ever had car trouble? Have you had any one stop and help? Did you pay them? I did, and will again. Did you ever pick up a strange kid with a skinned knee from crashing his bike, and buy him an ice cream cone to dry his tears? Did you ever drop a coin in a gum machine for a kid that was standing and staring at it?
I have never, and probably will never give a dime to a beggar, or an organized charity. I walk past the salvation army bell ringers every christmas season without any feeling of guilt. But,,,, if I see a kid sitting on the sidewalk in front of a pop machine crying because the machine took his money and did not give him his pop, I will buy him one. If someone in an old car is out of gas, I may fetch gas for them and pay for it myself, and offer the use of my cell phone so they can call home and tell everyone not to worry.
I would feel NAKED if I had less then fifty on me at any one time.
I have never, and probably will never give a dime to a beggar, or an organized charity. I walk past the salvation army bell ringers every christmas season without any feeling of guilt. But,,,, if I see a kid sitting on the sidewalk in front of a pop machine crying because the machine took his money and did not give him his pop, I will buy him one. If someone in an old car is out of gas, I may fetch gas for them and pay for it myself, and offer the use of my cell phone so they can call home and tell everyone not to worry.
I would feel NAKED if I had less then fifty on me at any one time.
Shaughn Leayme
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At times upwards of $50,000 US, but on my own time I usually carry less than twenty bucks with a debit/credit card to cover expenses.
I occasionally travel with a friend who likes to wheel and deal and honestly at times I have been toting the proverbial briefcase with more than a $100,000 dollars US in it, since he finds most people would rather deal in cash with a handwritten bill of sale or fill in the blank form, than to mess around with an out of state check or wait for him to come back with a cashiers check.
What does he buy? What do you have for sale
I have seen him buy land in the middle of nowhere and a few months or maybe years later sell it at a huge profit. See a derelict car parked out behind the barn on some old back road, track down the landowner and buy it at scrap prices and then sell it to some restorer for a healthy chunk of change.
We both carry and where we can't local proxies do the leg work.
Situational awareness....Oh,Yeah...Eyes in the back of my head, when I travel with him......
I occasionally travel with a friend who likes to wheel and deal and honestly at times I have been toting the proverbial briefcase with more than a $100,000 dollars US in it, since he finds most people would rather deal in cash with a handwritten bill of sale or fill in the blank form, than to mess around with an out of state check or wait for him to come back with a cashiers check.
What does he buy? What do you have for sale
I have seen him buy land in the middle of nowhere and a few months or maybe years later sell it at a huge profit. See a derelict car parked out behind the barn on some old back road, track down the landowner and buy it at scrap prices and then sell it to some restorer for a healthy chunk of change.
We both carry and where we can't local proxies do the leg work.
Situational awareness....Oh,Yeah...Eyes in the back of my head, when I travel with him......
If and A BIG IF my wife has not done the smell test on me(i swear i could walk into the house covered in some other ladies perfume and the wife would not flinch) and detected Eau de Cash on me, Then i will carry 50 - 200 bucks. I have always carried a cheap heavy money clip in my front left pocket which has usually less than twenty dollars in it for the Cokes, parking and whatever gets bought during the day. It is also my throw away/distraction/and or fake out money. I have used it once, while downtown with my kids, a goblin stepped out from between a truck and car and just said 'i want money'. With two preteens there, I was not in the mood for something else happening, I reached into my pocket and took it out and said "It's all I got" and when his hand came out for it I threw it down the street toward the gutter, My kids had been drilled in what to do and turned and ran away from me and toward the first open business. As the guy looked back at me and started to say something he found the barrel of my 1911 between us and as I backed away the goblin decided that it was not a good idea to complain.
I am a contractor who has contracts with some building owners as a caretaker /property manager. I often collect cash for rent once the people forget to have enough money in the account to cover the check. It is not unusual for me to walk out of a crappy building carrying in excess of five or ten thousand on my person. I always carry and I always have 911 predialed on the cell phone. The only time I have had trouble was when a Mamma decided she did not think she should have to pay and asked her three sons to take the money back out in the lobby. All three lost the nerve despite their momma's urging after facing my 1911 in a narrow space. Once they had stopped in the hall way I made them a simple deal.
If they wanted to live they could piss their pants and walk down the hallway wiht wet pants, other wise I was planning on shooting them dead in the hall. (Illegal as hell but I was pissed as all get out. And I was pretty certain not one of them had ever read much never mind the Law) All three stood there and peed in their sagging pants rather than face me down. I have never had any problems in that whole development since.
I am a contractor who has contracts with some building owners as a caretaker /property manager. I often collect cash for rent once the people forget to have enough money in the account to cover the check. It is not unusual for me to walk out of a crappy building carrying in excess of five or ten thousand on my person. I always carry and I always have 911 predialed on the cell phone. The only time I have had trouble was when a Mamma decided she did not think she should have to pay and asked her three sons to take the money back out in the lobby. All three lost the nerve despite their momma's urging after facing my 1911 in a narrow space. Once they had stopped in the hall way I made them a simple deal.
If they wanted to live they could piss their pants and walk down the hallway wiht wet pants, other wise I was planning on shooting them dead in the hall. (Illegal as hell but I was pissed as all get out. And I was pretty certain not one of them had ever read much never mind the Law) All three stood there and peed in their sagging pants rather than face me down. I have never had any problems in that whole development since.
dmftoy1
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I typically pull $200 out of the ATM and let it dwindle down until I'm scrounging for enough change for a McDonald's breakfast. It goes pretty quickly for me because I try not to charge my fuel and my diesel truck takes about $80 to fill it up.
I'd say 90% of the time I have less than $50 on me.
I'd say 90% of the time I have less than $50 on me.
My standard ATM withdrawal is $300, really because I don't like to run to the machine more than 5 or 6 times per year, but it also lessens the number of mugging opportunities I present. So, to answer the original question, my cash supply cycles between about $350 and $50.
I use my check card for purchases over $10, use the cash for smaller stuff like lunch.
I have no wallet or billfold. Carry ID cards and cash in a front pocket, keys in the other front pocket, nothing in rear pockets. G21 IWB. A cell phone, which I keep turned off when I am not making a call and do not use in a restaurant.
I use my check card for purchases over $10, use the cash for smaller stuff like lunch.
I have no wallet or billfold. Carry ID cards and cash in a front pocket, keys in the other front pocket, nothing in rear pockets. G21 IWB. A cell phone, which I keep turned off when I am not making a call and do not use in a restaurant.
juggler
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Usually $50-$150 depending on the time of month. Like others here I try not to use plastic.
lesjones
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When I was a college student (about 15 years ago) I carried very little, and used debit cards instead. Part of the rationale was that I was concerned about losing my wallet or getting robbed.
Nowadays I carry more cash. Reasons:
- Except for one incident in college, I've never been robbed.
- Except for one occasion on vacation in college, I've never lost my wallet.
- I'm married now and my wife and I frequently have to pass money back and forth, and that's easier with cash. Once our daughter gets old enough I'll need cash to hand her for various things.
- I've realized that cash is a good thing since 9/11 and that one satellite outage that caused so many credit terminals and pay-at-the-pump gas stations to go out.
Now I withdraw $100-300 at a time, and keep some around the house for emergencies.
Nowadays I carry more cash. Reasons:
- Except for one incident in college, I've never been robbed.
- Except for one occasion on vacation in college, I've never lost my wallet.
- I'm married now and my wife and I frequently have to pass money back and forth, and that's easier with cash. Once our daughter gets old enough I'll need cash to hand her for various things.
- I've realized that cash is a good thing since 9/11 and that one satellite outage that caused so many credit terminals and pay-at-the-pump gas stations to go out.
Now I withdraw $100-300 at a time, and keep some around the house for emergencies.
skynyrd1911
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usually $30 to $100........mostly $30
BilboTN
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low class?
So if I pay my rent in cash then it makes me low class? Why does this make me low class if I don't like to pay by check? I liked giving my landlord cash and getting a receipt in hand on the day it was due or beforehand. So the whole "low class" or better tenants that pay by check is pure BS.
I carry less than $5 on me while at work because I get people bumming from me all day. Guess that happens when you work at the "mission".
So if I pay my rent in cash then it makes me low class? Why does this make me low class if I don't like to pay by check? I liked giving my landlord cash and getting a receipt in hand on the day it was due or beforehand. So the whole "low class" or better tenants that pay by check is pure BS.
I carry less than $5 on me while at work because I get people bumming from me all day. Guess that happens when you work at the "mission".
Sean85746
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I in the lucky few that are not in debt, other than a fairly reasonable house payment. I am also retired from fed leo service, and work a full-time job for my gun habit.
The deal with my wife, who is the Human Resource Director for a large company, is that my pension check goes to the household, and the money I make from my job is my play money.
As a result, I tend to carry a lot of cash...usually $400-$500. A lot more on Saturday mornings, as this is my gun shop crawling time. I also keep a stash of ready cash in my gun safe in case of an emergency.
Except for my gasoline card, I don't carry a credit card unless I am on vacation for car rentals and such.
This may seem risky, but I am 6'4" and 375lbs, so I am not a likely candidtate for a mugging, and don't go out too often at night, and live in a nice area.
But I like cash, because cash is always welcome, especially when trying to make a deal!
The deal with my wife, who is the Human Resource Director for a large company, is that my pension check goes to the household, and the money I make from my job is my play money.
As a result, I tend to carry a lot of cash...usually $400-$500. A lot more on Saturday mornings, as this is my gun shop crawling time. I also keep a stash of ready cash in my gun safe in case of an emergency.
Except for my gasoline card, I don't carry a credit card unless I am on vacation for car rentals and such.
This may seem risky, but I am 6'4" and 375lbs, so I am not a likely candidtate for a mugging, and don't go out too often at night, and live in a nice area.
But I like cash, because cash is always welcome, especially when trying to make a deal!
WhiteKnight
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I typically keep $5 or less in my wallet for tiny purchases (a pack of gum, for example) and use my debit card for everything else. It keeps the money from burning a hole in my pocket, so to speak.
caseydog
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Kind of amazed at the amount of people living by the debit cards , they are handy i'll grant , but with the amount of SHTF talk around here
$1 ? Yikes !!
Whats the plan if something temporarily takes down the power grid or communications network that these things rely on ? Less than a meal or box of ammo or tank of gas worth of cash on hand ?? Where's Skunks take on this ? Cash can be very "tactical"
$1 ? Yikes !!
Whats the plan if something temporarily takes down the power grid or communications network that these things rely on ? Less than a meal or box of ammo or tank of gas worth of cash on hand ?? Where's Skunks take on this ? Cash can be very "tactical"
JohnBT
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Cash? A woman at work calls me The First National Bank of John.
JT
P.S. - I hate standing in line behind people using debit cards because the computers are invariably slower than a new cashier trying to learn to count out change.
JT
P.S. - I hate standing in line behind people using debit cards because the computers are invariably slower than a new cashier trying to learn to count out change.
I ususally carry from 1 to 3 grand depending on when the last gun purchase was. I can usually buy any big ticket item for at least a five to ten percent cash discount. Guns bought with cash can usually be had for 10 to 20 percent below sticker. There's just something about the sight of those greenbacks that make merchants want to deal.
All this talk about huge wallets reminds me of a Seinfeld episode. The one with George Castanza at the diner, Jerry asks him why his wallet is so thick and he starts pulling out packets of sugar out of state coupons etc....And then insists he "needs" every single thing in that wallet!
Chuck Jennings
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You just need a european carry all.
Usually I carry anywhere between 0-20 dollars. More often then not, my wallet is completly empty unless I plan on making an expensive purchase. Like others I use cards nearly all my purchases. Having zero cash in my wallet keeps me from spending money on stupid things like candy, chips, etc.
Kenneth Lew
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Enough money on hand to get my business done. I take a lot to gun shows. I don't take checks personal/nor business (unless I know them) from anyone.
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