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Carrying cash

BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
in The potting shed
Following up a recent discussion on here about cash, I ventured an opinion but had no evidence to back it up. If your wallet or purse was stolen in the next hour how much cash would be lost?
Rutland, England

Carrying cash 64 votes

£0
25%
Pete.8Beaus MumGarden GnomessLoxleySlumSteady EddieBenCottoAstrofebruarysgirlCrazybeeladyhnnhnorrisontopofthehillEmptyheadtimePlantmindedAlfie_ohdeereme 16 votes
£10 or less
26%
Hostafan1DovefromaboveFairygirlLG_KiliraisingirlJanie BTerryannamancalledgeorgeTenNgjautosWild_VioletShauna2021Simone_in_WiltshirenoxonFourLeafCloverSalixGold 17 votes
Under £25
17%
Bee witchedTopbirdmac12SkandiSuesynEustaceJennyJBigladAthelasNormandyLiz[Deleted User] 11 votes
Under £50
14%
ObelixxBusy-LizzieAllotment BoyPerkiLiriodendronplant pauperErgatessalarFoxwillow 9 votes
More than £50
17%
LynSherwoodArrowBlue OnionAlan Clark2 in LiverpoolShepsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hantswild edgesTackBluejaywaySYinUSArowlandscastle444 11 votes
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  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    £10 or less
    I took £40 out of the cashpoint the week before the first lockdown. I broke the second £20 note a few weeks ago
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    £30. Not touched in months and £1 trolley money
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    Under £25
    I live in a rural area, and some of the small shops don't take credit cards for little things like a birthday card.  So I tend to keep about £30 in cash with me.

    We went to Sweden a few years ago and we didn't bother to take any currency.
    This worked fine until I needed a pee  :#

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    edited July 2023
    £0
    I use only credit cards, not a debit card and not on a phone. I pay all credit card bills in full every month.  I don't like using ATMs or cash (post Covid paranoia!) and my bank closed its local branch last year.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    More than £50
    I'm a cash person, so like to keep a nice amount in my wallet, I'm not a fan of using my debit card for anything other than going to the cash machine.
  • SYinUSASYinUSA Posts: 243
    More than £50
    I keep cash in my handbag, but I don't actually carry my handbag with me - it gets left in the car. I just carry my debit card in my back pocket for the day-to-day stuff.
  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    More than £50
    I'm moving over to the use of card, rather than cash. Two weeks ago there was more than £200 in my wallet, but most of that has gone. 
    Much of it has gone to my wife. I keep finding "IOU" notes, in place of cash. Not helpful when I try to buy something! Shops here don't accept that sort of payment.
    🙄
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    More than £50
    The kids' school is constantly asking for cash donations for various things so I keep paying for stuff with cash just so we have change on hand. Most cash goes on activities and treats for the kids anyway.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    I think there is £10 in the car, but since I have not been able to go into a shop for over 30 years I never carry any money at all, cash or plastic.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Under £25
    My tai chi instructor only takes cash (£6 per week) and it's easiest to pay the window cleaner cash (£6 per 4 weeks-ish depending on the weather, but I owe him for last time because I was away and OH didn't answer the door to pay him 😠). I also tend to use cash for shopping in the market (small-ish amounts like a reel of thread and suchlike). I have more in the house but only because my parents sometimes reimburse me in cash when I do shopping for them. Depends whether they feel like wrangling with online banking to do a transfer.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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