Comments on: How Much Cash Should I Carry? http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/ Tips for living frugal while still having a life Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:20:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mollie waisman http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/comment-page-1/#comment-25274 mollie waisman Wed, 27 May 2009 20:19:51 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/#comment-25274 i would'nt carry hundreds with me for possible catastrophe as some suggest. $200 is my absolute tops. and if i stay out of stores i can make it last.BTW what can you do for amusement or to pass the time without browsing in stores. need ideas. i would’nt carry hundreds with me for possible catastrophe as some suggest. $200 is my absolute tops. and if i stay out of stores i can make it last.BTW what can you do for amusement or to pass the time without browsing in stores. need ideas.

]]> By: Bklyn frugalie http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/comment-page-1/#comment-18529 Bklyn frugalie Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:03:22 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/#comment-18529 I have always thought of 500to keep on me and 1000 at home, mostly due to the fact that I live in NYC and 500 will go like swoosh...lol. Thanks fro the post. I have always thought of 500to keep on me and 1000 at home, mostly due to the fact that
I live in NYC and 500 will go like swoosh…lol. Thanks fro the post.

]]> By: Curt http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/comment-page-1/#comment-2799 Curt Thu, 29 May 2008 15:23:24 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/#comment-2799 Great post. I follow this article exactly. Great post. I follow this article exactly.

]]> By: Maury http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/comment-page-1/#comment-2775 Maury Thu, 29 May 2008 05:37:52 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/#comment-2775 For me, I can blow through $100.00 in cash like no ones business. I can think of where the money went, but it was stupid spending. Eating out more often. Renting movies. Garage sale shopping. Come Monday, the $100.00 I took out of the ATM on Saturday morning is gone. I can micro manage spending $20.00 and living frugal than pocketing $100.00 and acting large spending at will. For me, I can blow through $100.00 in cash like no ones business. I can think of where the money went, but it was stupid spending. Eating out more often. Renting movies. Garage sale shopping. Come Monday, the $100.00 I took out of the ATM on Saturday morning is gone. I can micro manage spending $20.00 and living frugal than pocketing $100.00 and acting large spending at will.

]]> By: Vacations: Flights, Camping, Gas Prices and More! http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/comment-page-1/#comment-2742 Vacations: Flights, Camping, Gas Prices and More! Wed, 28 May 2008 13:31:40 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/#comment-2742 [...] How Much Cash Should I Carry? at Frugal Dad [...] [...] How Much Cash Should I Carry? at Frugal Dad [...]

]]> By: budgets are sexy http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 budgets are sexy Wed, 28 May 2008 03:38:14 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/#comment-2731 I cannot stand when my friends do not bring cash with them when we go out places..they always say "I have me credit card, i don't need any". HAH! So every time they want a soda or snack from the vending machine? Whenever they catch a cab? When/if they visit that hot dog stand? Oh yeah, I'm they're best friend then ;) I always start out with $100 in cash in my pockets, and then fill it back up when it gets down to a few bucks. makes me feel safe! I cannot stand when my friends do not bring cash with them when we go out places..they always say “I have me credit card, i don’t need any”. HAH!

So every time they want a soda or snack from the vending machine? Whenever they catch a cab? When/if they visit that hot dog stand?

Oh yeah, I’m they’re best friend then ;) I always start out with $100 in cash in my pockets, and then fill it back up when it gets down to a few bucks. makes me feel safe!

]]> By: Jeff@MySuperChargedLife http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/comment-page-1/#comment-2730 Jeff@MySuperChargedLife Wed, 28 May 2008 00:32:30 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/#comment-2730 Man, I don't know where you live, but in Oklahoma I carry cash and it doesn't bother me. I don't advertise it, but I feel safe. I have a debit card and I use it occasionally, but I am a firm believer in carrying and using cash. We use the envelope system and I think it is great! It is a psychological thing. It just feels different when you have to whip out real money for a purchase. It makes you think a little harder about the expenditure compared to using plastic. Even with a debit card, the whole transaction is so abstract that the cost doesn't really sink in. Man, I don’t know where you live, but in Oklahoma I carry cash and it doesn’t bother me. I don’t advertise it, but I feel safe.

I have a debit card and I use it occasionally, but I am a firm believer in carrying and using cash. We use the envelope system and I think it is great! It is a psychological thing. It just feels different when you have to whip out real money for a purchase. It makes you think a little harder about the expenditure compared to using plastic. Even with a debit card, the whole transaction is so abstract that the cost doesn’t really sink in.

]]> By: Today anonymous http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/comment-page-1/#comment-2728 Today anonymous Tue, 27 May 2008 22:27:55 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/#comment-2728 I do carry cash with me, therefore I post anonymously today: 20 dollars tucked away, and up to 100 dollars in my wallet. Our cafeteria doesn't take cards, and cash is often faster, also for the people behind me in line. I don't have a 500 stash at home though, I am trusting to ATMs and cash-back merchants. I do carry cash with me, therefore I post anonymously today: 20 dollars tucked away, and up to 100 dollars in my wallet. Our cafeteria doesn’t take cards, and cash is often faster, also for the people behind me in line. I don’t have a 500 stash at home though, I am trusting to ATMs and cash-back merchants.

]]> By: Matt http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/comment-page-1/#comment-2727 Matt Tue, 27 May 2008 21:46:10 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/#comment-2727 I think the idea of keeping cash at home goes hand-in-hand with your Survivalist article from the 25th (as you noted in your third point above). My wife and I were traveling this weekend and realized that we didn't have enough cash for the ttoll booth! We spent $2.50 at the ATM so that we could withdraw enough for the $2.15 toll. As we approached the booth, we noticed... THEY TAKE DEBIT/CREDIT CARDS! Talk about a paperless world! Despite the plastic-accepting toll booth, I still like the $20 walking-around money idea. Thanks! I think the idea of keeping cash at home goes hand-in-hand with your Survivalist article from the 25th (as you noted in your third point above).

My wife and I were traveling this weekend and realized that we didn’t have enough cash for the ttoll booth! We spent $2.50 at the ATM so that we could withdraw enough for the $2.15 toll. As we approached the booth, we noticed… THEY TAKE DEBIT/CREDIT CARDS! Talk about a paperless world!

Despite the plastic-accepting toll booth, I still like the $20 walking-around money idea.

Thanks!

]]> By: BusyDad http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/comment-page-1/#comment-2726 BusyDad Tue, 27 May 2008 21:26:51 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/27/how-much-cash-should-i-carry/#comment-2726 hmm. makes total sense. I never broke it down before. Thanks for doing it for me because I am lazy like that. hmm. makes total sense. I never broke it down before. Thanks for doing it for me because I am lazy like that.

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