Comments on: 8 Cool Places to Stash Your Cash http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/8-cool-places-to-stash-your-cash/ Wise Choices. Improved Finances. A Better Life. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Toni http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/8-cool-places-to-stash-your-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-10115 Toni Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:50:05 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=746#comment-10115 We always have cash on hand. It has become increasingly important recently with a new baby - we can have groceries delivered as well as food for dinner when we are both too tired to cook. Our ingenious hiding place, I learned from my grandmother. We keep it in the freezer - cold cash! We always have cash on hand. It has become increasingly important recently with a new baby – we can have groceries delivered as well as food for dinner when we are both too tired to cook.

Our ingenious hiding place, I learned from my grandmother. We keep it in the freezer – cold cash!

]]> By: Sherry http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/8-cool-places-to-stash-your-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-10085 Sherry Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:28:55 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=746#comment-10085 Great ideas...but my dearly, departed mother had you beat! She kept her "household" cash in a box of frozen peas in the freezer for as long as I can remember & I'm almost 50 y.o.!!! And you know what, to this day, I keep my "household cash/food $" in the freezer!!! :lol: Having gone thru Hurricane Isabel, I keep a sizable amount of cash on hand for times like such as power outages, etc. I STRONGLY recommend if you keep a cash stash that you keep it in small denominations & have some rolls of coins on hand. When we went thru Isabel, all the stores were down, so credit cards/electric cash registers could not be used. The generators were being used to run the minimum (freezers/gas pumps)...so if you bought the limit of $15 of gas & only had a $20 bill...no change....you paid the $20 bucks! Same with the $2 loaf of bread...no change for that $5 or $10 bill. So, please keep small denominations & change on hand. I know the post suggested $300-$500, but if you have to evacuate & stay in a hotel that is only accepting cash, your $$ will be gone quickly. Many of the hotels in the evacuation areas took only cash because of either potentially being scammed or the banks in the area were done & they could not process credit card payments. These were hotels OUT of the area of the hurricane & in safe areas, but the larger cities that supported the banking industry were down, thus the hotel's abilities to process billing was down. Great post for this time of the year.....hurricane season!! Great ideas…but my dearly, departed mother had you beat! She kept her “household” cash in a box of frozen peas in the freezer for as long as I can remember & I’m almost 50 y.o.!!! And you know what, to this day, I keep my “household cash/food $” in the freezer!!! :lol:

Having gone thru Hurricane Isabel, I keep a sizable amount of cash on hand for times like such as power outages, etc. I STRONGLY recommend if you keep a cash stash that you keep it in small denominations & have some rolls of coins on hand. When we went thru Isabel, all the stores were down, so credit cards/electric cash registers could not be used. The generators were being used to run the minimum (freezers/gas pumps)…so if you bought the limit of $15 of gas & only had a $20 bill…no change….you paid the $20 bucks! Same with the $2 loaf of bread…no change for that $5 or $10 bill. So, please keep small denominations & change on hand.

I know the post suggested $300-$500, but if you have to evacuate & stay in a hotel that is only accepting cash, your $$ will be gone quickly. Many of the hotels in the evacuation areas took only cash because of either potentially being scammed or the banks in the area were done & they could not process credit card payments. These were hotels OUT of the area of the hurricane & in safe areas, but the larger cities that supported the banking industry were down, thus the hotel’s abilities to process billing was down.

Great post for this time of the year…..hurricane season!!

]]> By: LP http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/8-cool-places-to-stash-your-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-10082 LP Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:17:53 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=746#comment-10082 Great! Thanks...I like the wall socket idea. Never thought of that. :-) Great! Thanks…I like the wall socket idea. Never thought of that. :-)

]]> By: Jeff@MySuperChargedLife http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/8-cool-places-to-stash-your-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-10080 Jeff@MySuperChargedLife Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:42:16 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=746#comment-10080 Keeping some cash on hand is a good idea. Look at the people after Hurricane Katrina, many didn't have enough money with them to buy necessities. Of course, you also want to be sure your money isn't going to walk away. These are excellent ideas on how to protect your stash! Keeping some cash on hand is a good idea. Look at the people after Hurricane Katrina, many didn’t have enough money with them to buy necessities. Of course, you also want to be sure your money isn’t going to walk away. These are excellent ideas on how to protect your stash!

]]> By: Positively Present http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/8-cool-places-to-stash-your-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-10079 Positively Present Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:18:10 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=746#comment-10079 Great ideas! I have some very important things in a safe and I hope it's not obvious because, you're right, it could easily grow legs. Love the Pringles can idea... hope no "bad guys" see this post or they'll all be headed for the kitchen! Great ideas! I have some very important things in a safe and I hope it’s not obvious because, you’re right, it could easily grow legs. Love the Pringles can idea… hope no “bad guys” see this post or they’ll all be headed for the kitchen!

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