Comments on: Seven Secret Places To Hide Cash In Your Home http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/ Money Saving Insights: Coupons, Smart Spending and Promotional Codes Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:23:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Elliott http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/#comment-77885 Elliott Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:31:48 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=3089#comment-77885 Here's a thought. My father in law is a cop, and he said that when burglars break into a house, one of the main things they look for is cash. Most of the time, they just knock things over, trashing the place until they find some. His suggestion was this. Hide most of it in a clever hiding place, like the ones listed in this article. Then take about $100 in various smaller denominations, and put it on top of the fridge in a cookie jar or something similar. That way, the criminal will find that cash fairly quickly (traditional hiding spot) think that's all there is, and leave without tearing your house to pieces looking for another $500 - 1000. Here’s a thought. My father in law is a cop, and he said that when burglars break into a house, one of the main things they look for is cash. Most of the time, they just knock things over, trashing the place until they find some. His suggestion was this. Hide most of it in a clever hiding place, like the ones listed in this article. Then take about $100 in various smaller denominations, and put it on top of the fridge in a cookie jar or something similar. That way, the criminal will find that cash fairly quickly (traditional hiding spot) think that’s all there is, and leave without tearing your house to pieces looking for another $500 – 1000.

]]> By: Tennis Mama http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/#comment-75900 Tennis Mama Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:46:58 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=3089#comment-75900 Lots of useful tips here, and enough "general" ideas for you to form new hiding places of your own. I have a small "savings account" at home that I just started a week ago. It involves putting back any $5 bill I happen to get as change or when cashing a check at the bank. I now have a new hiding place that will be in effect by 5:30pm this evening because of this thread. The new hiding place will allow for "growth" as the savings account grows. For those without the fire~proof safes, here you go: Teenagers are a very good resource for learning new hiding places. Ratty old pair of tennis shoes in the back of the closet, under your other shoes? Nasty looking gym bag with some clean, old clothes in it... either one is a great place. For the organized domestic engineer: Stacks of towels in your linen closet - put two in the back, on the bottom of the stack that you know you won't use. Place bag of $$ there. Same with bed sheets. Keep those twin sheets that your child outgrew, and put them on the bottom of the stack in the back of the linen closet. Tape a ziploc bag to the underside of a lower cabinet shelf, the underside of your keyboard tray, under a bathroom cabinet... you get the idea. Thanks for the post! Lots of useful tips here, and enough “general” ideas for you to form new hiding places of your own. I have a small “savings account” at home that I just started a week ago. It involves putting back any $5 bill I happen to get as change or when cashing a check at the bank. I now have a new hiding place that will be in effect by 5:30pm this evening because of this thread. The new hiding place will allow for “growth” as the savings account grows.

For those without the fire~proof safes, here you go:

Teenagers are a very good resource for learning new hiding places. Ratty old pair of tennis shoes in the back of the closet, under your other shoes? Nasty looking gym bag with some clean, old clothes in it… either one is a great place.

For the organized domestic engineer: Stacks of towels in your linen closet – put two in the back, on the bottom of the stack that you know you won’t use. Place bag of $$ there. Same with bed sheets. Keep those twin sheets that your child outgrew, and put them on the bottom of the stack in the back of the linen closet.

Tape a ziploc bag to the underside of a lower cabinet shelf, the underside of your keyboard tray, under a bathroom cabinet… you get the idea.

Thanks for the post!

]]> By: Jerry Pelletier http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/#comment-75711 Jerry Pelletier Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:14:39 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=3089#comment-75711 I have saved cash on my property for years, the main reason is that I own and operate a massive cash business and only bank what I claim which is not to much...There have been times when my wife and I have had half a million dollars hidden on our property....All tax free....got a love it!! I have saved cash on my property for years, the main reason is that I own and operate a massive cash business and only bank what I claim which is not to much…There have been times when my wife and I have had half a million dollars hidden on our property….All tax free….got a love it!!

]]> By: Dylan http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/#comment-66001 Dylan Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:30:28 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=3089#comment-66001 Because that's the first place they'll look... O.O I mean, if you were a robber, a wallet seems like a fairly straight forward place to find money! Right? Because that’s the first place they’ll look… O.O I mean, if you were a robber, a wallet seems like a fairly straight forward place to find money! Right?

]]> By: zach http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/#comment-43495 zach Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:45:50 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=3089#comment-43495 The best place to hide money ( i think ) is a marker. 1. Take the bottom cap of a marker off. 2. Then take the ink out and put in the money. 3. Put the lid on, (put the tool you used in a SAFE PLACE were you wont forget.) if you forget I suggest finding a tool simular to the one you used, or if you can break it BREAK IT. The best place to hide money ( i think ) is a marker.
1. Take the bottom cap of a marker off.
2. Then take the ink out and put in the money.
3. Put the lid on, (put the tool you used in a SAFE PLACE were you wont forget.) if you forget I suggest finding a tool simular to the one you used, or if you can break it BREAK IT.

]]> By: How to Have a Successful Garage Sale http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/#comment-41784 How to Have a Successful Garage Sale Fri, 28 May 2010 09:01:59 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=3089#comment-41784 [...] accumulate in your cash box, consider counting out $100 or so and making a “drop” by hiding cash inside your house and out of view of garage sale [...] [...] accumulate in your cash box, consider counting out $100 or so and making a “drop” by hiding cash inside your house and out of view of garage sale [...]

]]> By: George http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/#comment-39163 George Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:22:44 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=3089#comment-39163 If you put money straight into the tube, take a piece of string tied to a washer you placed in the tube before the money. The other end tie to a washer that sits on top of the money. Of course you want the tube a little deeper than the money is wide... George If you put money straight into the tube, take a piece of string tied to a washer you placed in the tube before the money.

The other end tie to a washer that sits on top of the money. Of course you want the tube a little deeper than the money is wide…

George

]]> By: George http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/#comment-39160 George Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:10:04 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=3089#comment-39160 1. Measure the thickness of your closet door. 2. Obtain a "spade" drill bit 1/2 to 1/3 that thickness. 3. Open the door and drill a hole down from the top of the door. 4. Insert suitable size tube/conduit/container. On hollow doors glue a tube with bottom in place and out your container in that No one will see it, even in an apartment. 1. Measure the thickness of your closet door.
2. Obtain a “spade” drill bit 1/2 to 1/3 that thickness.
3. Open the door and drill a hole down from the top of the door.
4. Insert suitable size tube/conduit/container.
On hollow doors glue a tube with bottom in place and out your container in that

No one will see it, even in an apartment.

]]> By: infestedtassadar http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/#comment-39088 infestedtassadar Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:54:35 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=3089#comment-39088 as for leaving some cash out, why not fools gold instead? maybe have it molded into coins. as for leaving some cash out, why not fools gold instead? maybe have it molded into coins.

]]> By: sarah http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/#comment-39018 sarah Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:13:46 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=3089#comment-39018 ha, I had a hidden wall safe and the buglers pried off the tumbler, then we had to drill it out to open it, so had to then cut away the wall to get it out, was built into the 2x4's,,,,,so they can get at anything, but agree, you need cash, in case power out, and emergencies. ha, I had a hidden wall safe and the buglers pried off the tumbler, then we had to drill it out to open it, so had to then cut away the wall to get it out, was built into the 2×4′s,,,,,so they can get at anything, but agree, you need cash, in case power out, and emergencies.

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