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Stashing cash

45 replies

Housingcraze · 15/09/2018 19:53

Where do you put you savings emergency money if it not in a bank, any suggestions?

Aibu to put it in freezer? Instead of in tin of empty can sealed

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cloudtree · 15/09/2018 19:56

mines in the freezer

Poisongirl81 · 15/09/2018 19:56

how much do you keep in your freezer?

SupplychainNpton · 15/09/2018 19:57

In a shoe at the back of the wardrobe!

StylishMummy · 15/09/2018 19:58

Mines stitched into the headboard of our master bed and under the kitchen units behind the kick boards

cloudtree · 15/09/2018 20:01

how much do you keep in your freezer?

I generally have £300 inside a sealed bag of brussels sprouts (which nobody will ever eat)

cloudtree · 15/09/2018 20:02

Also then have about £100 in the fridge freezer in the kitchen but this gets raided regularly.

DavedeeDozyBeakyMickandTich · 15/09/2018 20:03

Considering there has been a spike in home burglaries recently (particularly in my area anyway) maybe advertising all the previously unthought of places people might stash money, in a public forum like this, isn't the best idea?

Kattyy · 15/09/2018 20:04

How much is emergency cash? £100? Put it in the tin in the kitchen. £1000 stash it in a jacket pocket you hardly wear in the wardrobe. Any more than that- I'd keep it in the bank

Sparklingbrook · 15/09/2018 20:07

I have no emergency cash stash. I need to go and check the freezer now in case DH has. Grin

YeTalkShiteHen · 15/09/2018 20:08

In my bedside drawer inside a box of sanitary towels Grin DP knows it’s there, but nobody else does.

A580Hojas · 15/09/2018 20:09

I haven't got an emergency cash stash. Am I doing something wrong?

CatLadyToddlerMother · 15/09/2018 20:12

I keep £50 in a drawer I never go in, not saying exact location.

JustHereForThePooStories · 15/09/2018 20:15

I have a safe! You can buy one cheaply enough, and if you have the right tools, it’s very easy to secure well to a wall or floor in an inconspicuous place.

Housingcraze · 15/09/2018 20:15

I have it in fridge with onions
Some in cardigan in wardrobe
Tin of beans in cupboard
Dog crate under bedding in plastic bag obviously
Some in always pads packet with actual pads

Roughly hundred in hundred in each

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Sparklingbrook · 15/09/2018 20:19

A580 I think we must be. What's it for? In case the window cleaner increases his prices dramatically? Confused

livingthegoodlife · 15/09/2018 20:21

I don't stash any cash. What the reasons for keeping cash around? I doubt your home insurance would cover much if you were burgled/fire.

YeTalkShiteHen · 15/09/2018 20:23

What the reasons for keeping cash around?

My home insurance covers up to £1.5k cash, not that I have anything like that lying around.

For me, having a stash is a security blanket. I spent years on the bones of my arse, having fuck all and scraping for every eventuality. I like to know that won’t happen again. Silly? Probably, but it helps.

SneakyGremlins · 15/09/2018 20:23

Grin Sparkling if he increases his prices tenfold maybe

Housingcraze · 15/09/2018 20:24

For me it incase need to get taxi somewhere if had drink and relative was in hospital
Plumber electrician
Odd emergency take away
Just nice to know it there comfort zone feeling.
If you lose purse or was stolen
Pet had a accident
Once I borrow some I will replace ASAP

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listsandbudgets · 15/09/2018 20:26

I keep cash about in case something goes wrong with card sustems or ATM systems

Sparklingbrook · 15/09/2018 20:31

I have managed to get this far in life without needing a cash supply in my freezer so I can't see a reason to start now.

I pay the window cleaner by bank transfer come to think of it, same as the plumber and the washing machine repair place.

I don't really use cash for anything any more.

CatLadyToddlerMother · 15/09/2018 20:32

I add to mine occasionally and it's always been there. It was originally my "run fund" as I always planned to leave my ExH but I just like to know I have access to money if I need it.

A580Hojas · 15/09/2018 20:34

I've got a secret bank account. That's different.

RandomMess · 15/09/2018 20:35

Hmmm we have a safe from previous owners...

Perhaps we should actually use it!

Sparklingbrook · 15/09/2018 20:37

I quite like the idea of a safe for jewellery and important documents.

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