How much cash would you guys put in your wallets normally?

[Rapper]

Let me clarify

The reason why I ask you guys this question is that a friend of mine who is an American dude told me that you American people don’t like putting cash in your wallets and you guys use credit cards only in your daily lives .is this true? If so, what if you want to buy a bottle of coke? Also credit cards only?
It’s extremely interesting for me to hear that cause Chinese like putting a lot cash in our wallets (of course it is based on his income and his wealth) and yes, we have credit cards as well but most of the time we like pay cash to the bills or something we buy., for us, credit card is just for shopping centers and some high class restaurants.

The other reason why we prefer cash to credit card is that if a gentleman had a dinner with his significant other and if he pays cash for the bills always means the man is masculine. Why??? Its because when he paid the bills, the waiter must be returned to him for the change. At that time, he could give the “tips” to the waiter or waitress in order to show to the lady that how rich he is

[Bender]

"cash" tips don't mean anything more than CC tips.

I rarely have any cash at all on me. I use my debit card. I canceled my CCs as per Lefty's CC thread...

I guess I can see how waving off your cash change might look more 'cool' to some people.

[mookie2001]

1 or 2 bills a week





i hate paying with a card and then looking at your statement with the date, time and location of nearly every place youve recently been

plus it defends against the cashless society

[jcrod]

Rarely carry cash, use my bank card all the time. Not a Credit card.

[Strike]

I give myself a weekly cash "allowance" of $50 from my paycheck. The rest goes into the bank to pay bills or make bigger purchases. So I almost never have more than $50 in my wallet.

[Sec24Row7]

I only take cash when i need to pay for parking...

[mrcoon29]

Don't carry much cash at all - you're lucky to find 10 - 15$ in my wallet...debit card all the way. Credit only for very large purchases.

[CubanMustGo]

I'll carry anywhere between $5 and $50, usually $20 or less. Most purchases made on debit card which gives me a $0.10 rebate per transaction done on the 'credit' side (even tho the money is immediately debited from the account).

Pay bills (utility, car, house, insurance, prop tax) online.

[ashbeeigh]

I have $50 as a birthday present in my wallet that I haven't spent yet. If it went in the bank I would surely spend it on something else. Otherwise I have like $15-20 for lunches or random things that come up.

Like others have mentioned, I'd rather use my debit card or credit card. I can keep track of things much more easily that way. That doesn't mean I always use my card though. I'll take cash out if I know exactly how much I'm going to spend, like for a movie or a night out with the girls/guys at the bar (then it'll cut me off at a certain amount).


I'll carry anywhere between $5 and $50, usually $20 or less. Most purchases made on debit card which gives me a $0.10 rebate per transaction done on the 'credit' side (even tho the money is immediately debited from the account).


Oh yeah. I get that too..or something like that. It's 3 cents for every debit. But Chase is taking that away come July so I have no incentive to debit anything. I think in the 2 years I had a WaMu account they gave me back like $15. It was a sweet deal.

[mookie2001]

I'd rather use my debit card or credit card. I can keep track of things much more easily
you and the countless other people and corporations that have access to that information

[Bender]

plastic makes the world go 'round

[mookie2001]

i like people who are quick to point that they use their debit cards and not credit cards

uhh yeah good choice yall should write a financial book

[exstatic]

I use debit or credit cards for almost everything. I normally carry only about $20 or less, and that's just for lottery.

[ashbeeigh]

you and the countless other people and corporations that have access to that information

What is that supposed to mean? Yeah, the bank has access to it. So what?

[baseline bum]

I only use debit cards for online purchases. I don't keep too much cash on me unless there is something expensive I plan on purchasing that day. I don't use credit cards period. If I want something, I'm gonna make sure I have the cash for it in hand instead of putting off the payment until later.

[ChumpDumper]

you and the countless other people and corporations that have access to that informationAnd I should be afraid of that why?

[Frenzy]

I give myself a weekly cash "allowance" of $50 from my paycheck. The rest goes into the bank to pay bills or make bigger purchases. So I almost never have more than $50 in my wallet.
same ^



you and the countless other people and corporations that have access to that information

oh yeah i don't want them to see i spent 23.65 at target...heavens no!

[IronMexican]

Most of the time I have around 10 dollars.

[Winehole23]

However much I think I need. Cash is the universal solvent, and a wonderful hedge against contingency.

[MiamiHeat]

I only carry 40 bucks in cash, that's it, and I never use it.

I only use my cards. The cash is for emergencies or if a gas station doesn't accept cards or something,

[MiamiHeat]

double post

[mookie2001]

hey yall have nothing to hide right?

HEB
Valero
Walgreens

[PM5K]

Yeah somethinhg similar was posted before, but it wasn't quite as interesting.

It's funny to hear about how the Chinese do things differently than we do.

I suppose if you were trying to stroke your own ego that opening a wallet with a handfull of Gold cards would be just as good as cash.

Personally I don't carry any cash.

[ploto]

I carry cash and still prefer to pay cash for just about everything- like grocery store, restaurants,... So, usually I have about $100 cash on me.

I use my credit card for online purchases or for larger purchases for which I do not want to carry that much cash always paying the balance in full each month. The best thing about using cash is you don't buy anything if you have no money on you.

[ChumpDumper]

hey yall have nothing to hide right?

HEB
Valero
WalgreensWhat do I have to hide?

[Bob Lanier]

What do I have to hide?
Judging by the way you're trying to downplay this, quite a bit.

[sonic21]

Plastic is for pussies too afraid to carry cash.
jk, i always have couple euros in change for my coffees at work.

I only carry cash when I'm on vacation, and that's to be sure we stick to our vacation budget. Otherwise it's credit card all the way.

[resistanze]

10-20 on me usually. Sometimes less. I used to use debit 80% of the time and cash 20%. Now I've fallen in love with my credit card's reward system so it's more like 40% credit, 40% debit and 20% cash.

[Bob Lanier]

Money is filthy.

Give me a credit card any time it's possible.

[ORION]

For my big purchases I use my Lone Star Card. Thank you to everyone for buying me my Blu ray player.

[jack sommerset]

I hope you guys have cash handy other than a bank. A few thousand hidden away in the yard or under a fish tank. My dead grandfather hid $25,000 in a fake pipe in the basement. We did not know about this until his will was read to us. Pretty smart. Good place to hide cash is in the wood of a door, inside a curtain rod. I personally spilt up the cash in to two places. One inside and one outside. Put some in a jar and bury it.It's not alot of money but just in case the banking systems falls apart I will have some cash to get food and water for a few weeks. Don't put all ur marbles into one basket.

[Bob Lanier]

My dead grandfather hid $25,000 in a fake pipe in the basement. We did not know about this until his will was read to us. Pretty smart.
Yes, allowing a wad of mildewed paper to go from the value of a house to the value of a car in order to keep it out of the hands of the international Jewish banking conspiracy is just brilliant.

[jack sommerset]

Yes, allowing a wad of mildewed paper to go from the value of a house to the value of a car in order to keep it out of the hands of the international Jewish banking conspiracy is just brilliant.

:lol It's practical not brilliant. I swear someone alway bitches about the way someone does something. Believe me the guy had cash in banks.

[Bender]

wtf is mookies problem with debit cards?? Yeah, I guess you leave a trail... but I'm not going around and buying bomb parts, so who gives a shit...?

Big Brother: hey, Bender bought some Doritos at Valero... why don't we pick him up...

[tlongII]

I always keep a folded up C note in my wallet in case of emergency. Other than that probably 30-40 bucks.

[Bob Lanier]

http://www.magic983.com/Portals/8/CNOte.jpg

Mmm. I'd like to have the guy in the middle folded up in my pocket.

[Rapper]

This is such a cultural difference

Thank you guys for telling me that.

To be honest, besides Chinese dollar,i like carrying about 50 US dollar in my wallets,because I can pay US dollars in part of China, Beijing,Shanghai,Hong Kong, Macau(there are 3 kind of currencies in China, Hong Kong dollar, Macau diollar and RMB dollar)

US$ never hurts,plus,every country is received US dollar except for South Korea and Iraq

[baseline bum]

Yes, allowing a wad of mildewed paper to go from the value of a house to the value of a car in order to keep it out of the hands of the international Jewish banking conspiracy is just brilliant.

LOL... and if all the banks go belly-up and the FDIC fails, then all those bills will be worth more as toilet paper or fuel for your fireplace than they would be at any store.

[Bob Lanier]

It isn't really a cultural difference. Nouveau riche Westerners act like pretentious jackasses too, and after the entire Cultural Revolution thing the only kind of riche China has is the nouveau kind.

[Kriz-Maxima]

20 dollars, tops.

[TDMVPDPOY]

20-50 tops

if im clubbin or out with friends its either 50-100

[PixelPusher]

Once Visa and Mastercard backed my debit card, that pretty much ended the days when I regularly carried cash. I rarely have more than $40 on me at any given time.

[Bukefal]

Not more than 50 (euros that is) usually. Its good to keep it on your card and go to a atm when you need more.

[JoeChalupa]

Rarely more than $10. Debit card is the way I roll.

[SpursStalker]

Do men really have that attitude that it's all about the clout?

:lol

[Torso]

Do men really have that attitude that it's all about the clout?

:lol


http://www.fastlanesuccess.com/images/financial_money_roll.jpg

[SpursStalker]

http://www.fastlanesuccess.com/images/financial_money_roll.jpg

Is your wad making up for your lack in other areas?

:lol

[spurster]

Around $100 or so.

Keeping $25,000 in one's home seems a bit much to me, but keeping some emergency money around is a good idea, e.g., if your credit/debit card gets frozen because of fraudulent purchases.

[HeadBanger]

I admit that I keep a few benjamins stashed at home just in case.

[dirk4mvp]

$41

[ATRAIN]

I get out around 100 a week from the ATM to keep in the wallet. A buddy of mine doesnt use a wallet but a money clip and usually has a few thousand in his pocket. I tell him he is a dumbass for that.

[LnGrrrR]

Let me clarify

The reason why I ask you guys this question is that a friend of mine who is an American dude told me that you American people don’t like putting cash in your wallets and you guys uses credit cards only in your daily lives .is this true? If so, what if you want to buy a bottle of coke? Also credit cards only?
It’s extremely interesting for me to hear that cause Chinese like put a lot cash in our wallets (of course it is based on his income and his wealth) and yes, we have credit cards as well but most of the time we like pay cash to the bills or something we buy., for us, credit card is just for shopping centers and some high class restaurants.

The other reason why we prefer cash to credit card is that if a gentleman had a dinner with his significant other and if he pays cash for the bills always means the man is masculine. Why??? Its because when he paid the bills, the waiter must be returned to him for the change. At that time, he could give the “tips” to the waiter or waitress in order to show to the lady that how rich he is

It's rare if I have cash... I have it only if I'm visting my parents in Hickville, New Hampshire :D

[Dr. Gonzo]

I usually carry around four or five grand in small unmarked bills.

[DarkReign]

I always keep a folded up C note in my wallet in case of emergency.

Same. I have a rainy day hundo' in my wallet. I also take $100 out of my check. After that, its all plastic...for everything, everywhere.

[Thunder Dan]

I usually try to keep about $100 on me, but I never use cash. I use my Amex card for everything whether it's gas or a cup of coffee. I get rewards for everything I use it on, I don't get anything but a pocket full of change if I use cash. Sometimes I do feel embarrassed to use a card for little purchases.

[Rapper]

Speaking of cash,I would like telling you guys one interesting thing in China

People in China can often pick up cash on street thanks to some people's carelessness,ssometime even wallets :lol

[Rapper]

double post

[Richard Cranium]

I always have at least $10 in $1 bills in case I decide to tuck a buck after work.

[mrose31]

Less than 50 dollars unless I am going to play poker or after I have played poker.

[Bender]

I heard somewhere that some people may keep 200 $1 bills.

[Wild Cobra]

Every two weeks, I allot myself $600 mad money. cash from the ATM, and I still usually have some before the next payday.

[Mugshot]

My little cousin won my fantasy football league a year ago. He went to my bank and cashed my check for $5,500 and kept it all in his wallet. He got rolled and pistol-whipped later that night. They took his jacket, his shoes, his wedding ring, and his of course his wallet with the $5,500. It was a very expensive lesson for that dipshit to learn....

[SnakeBoy]

I get a $1000 in cash at the beginning of every month. I stopped using cc's or debit. I spend alot less now that I use cash for everything.

[Kori Ellis]

I never carry any money.. that's what husbands are for :) Just kidding ... but not really. timvp and I are almost always together. So he carries a debit card and a very little (most often none) amount of cash.

[Nbadan]

I usually carry around $50 mostly for tips, Valero runs and Bill Millers...

[CosmicCowboy]

I don't keep any cash in my wallet but usually have 3-5 hundred in twenties in my front pocket. Too many places these days use cash drops and can't cash 50's and 100's...I'll use my debit card if the purchase is larger than that. Usually 500-1000 in my truck in larger bills just in case.

[JudynTX]

I tend to keep about $60 in cash at all times. :D

[Dex]

Shit, I'm lucky to have two bucks for the vending machine in my wallet. When I put money in there, it doesn't stay long.

Plastic makes the world go round.

[CosmicCowboy]

I do a lot of stuff that requires cash. It"s not like you can pay the foreign exchange student with a debit card.

[Boris]

I tend to keep about $60 in cash at all times. :D

:tu

[ComfortablyNumb]

Rarely carry cash. Debit card all the way.

[ComfortablyNumb]

I do a lot of stuff that requires cash. It"s not like you can pay the foreign exchange student with a debit card.

They don't take checks or is this an under the table kind of way of paying foreign students?

[CosmicCowboy]

They don't take checks or is this an under the table kind of way of paying foreign students?

:lmao

[ducks]

Every two weeks, I allot myself $600 mad money. cash from the ATM, and I still usually have some before the next payday.
wow
you should invest half of that or pay that on your house payment on top of what you are paying now if you own a house
you would then save thousands alone on interst

[50 cent]

I usually carry between $50 - 150 in cash.

Still, I find myself using my CC a lot of places to "save" my cash.

[SnakeBoy]

I usually carry between $50 - 150 in cash.


I would have guessed 50 cents.