Comments on: Seven Secret Places To Hide Cash In Your Home

By: Taylorliz Suzie

Taylorliz Suzie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:26:18 +0000

of late our country seemed overrun by burglars and snatch thieves.
of course we would have the alarm system, locked doors, a tumbler of coins with 5s and 1s while the few 50s and 10s stashed in several places around the house.
but being of Chinese origin i also subscribe to the principles of fungshui.
some include:
having a pair of fu dogs outside your main door and having a blue rhino inside your house facing your main door.
for protection from snatch thieves i wear chain-lock amulet. i was almost a victim of a snatch thief once. his fingers grazed my neck but he missed my bag with my cash altogether.

By: Trish

Trish — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:44:38 +0000

what a great list !
Did you hear the one about the lady who bought her mum a new mattress as a surprise …then junked the old one with $1million in it.
She then spent weeks at the tip looking for it …unsuccessfully !
Glad you kept your one secret !

By: erkme73

erkme73 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:05:05 +0000

Home Depot (on line) sells a floor safe that can be flush mounted in any floor – concrete or wooden. The idea is to have it hidden in plain sight.

It’s an 8″ diameter tube that’s about 20″ deep. In my case, I jackhammered my concrete floor, dug out the fill dirt, dropped the safe in the hole, and filled with concrete.

The plug-style lid pops in the top, and a cover goes over that. If mounted correctly, the cover will be just flush of the regular floor covering. I have ceramic tile, so I made the cover flush with the original concrete. Then, I dropped two tiles over the cover. Short of a metal detector, there is no way anyone would know that there is a safe in the house. It’s invisible. Even if they knew, they’d have no idea where to look.

The one I got (from Sentry) costs about $130. A throw rug covers the spot, and heavy furniture sits on top.

I think the biggest risk to this approach is forgetting you have it. I can just see it now – headlines in 200 years “Constructoin workers find safe with XXXX gold bars”…

Make sure you tell at least one or two trusted family members that there is a safe in the house – just incase you come to an untimely end. Of course, that may just hasten your untimely end

By: jansky

jansky — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:21:21 +0000

You all are talking about 20’s & 50’s & maybe 100’s – but I knew a woman who went down to work in New Orleans after Katrina and she said what she needed most was 1’s & 5’s. The people selling things don’t have/or keep lots of change around (cash registers do not work…) so she had to pay $20 for a sandwich a few times! So it seems to me that a few rolls of 1 & 5 would be a great idea.

By: Frugal Dad

Frugal Dad — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:55:04 +0000

@sgar: In a complete economic/banking collapse, paper currency may be worthless. The little bit of cash stashed at home might not even worth the paper it’s printed on. In that case, having items to barter with, and survive on, are far more important.

By: sgar

sgar — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:37:38 +0000

You suggest an online savings account. What do
you do,for cash,if the banks fail for any of a number of reasons?

By: Morris Townson

Morris Townson — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:28:48 +0000

Try under the shelf lining paper in either your kitchen or bathroom.

Pull up carpet in the corner of the room.

In ceiling light fixtures.

By: robert dimond

robert dimond — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:38:47 +0000

Once in the home, according to the Chicago Crime Commission, burglars spend an average of eight minutes searching for items to steal. So they have to go for the most likely places to find valuables, right? That would be in bedrooms — on top of bureaus and in drawers, most likely. Or perhaps in a safe, so they may spend some of that precious eight minutes looking behind paintings or other obvious places where safes are stashed.
But how much time do thieves spend looking in pantries, under sinks, even in refrigerators? Because that’s where clever consumers place their diversion safes, consisting of images of food products, soft drinks, cleaning products and more.
You may think that burglary is a random crime, but experts tell us it is not. It
involves a selection process. Thieves look for an unoccupied home with the easiest access, the greatest amount of cover and with the best escape routes, crime experts say.
Thus, you want to make it as difficult as possible to enter. That means doors and windows locked. And consider a highly visible decal indicating an alarm system; burglars dislike alarm systems and will usually pass by the house. A “Beware of Dog” sign can also be a deterrent.
The most discouraging F.B.I. statistic is that police only clear about 13% of reported burglaries. So it comes down to this: who can out-strategize the other the best? If you can’t prevent them from breaking into your home, there’s a good chance you can fool them into thinking that your valuables are all in a bank somewhere by using diversion safes.
By stashing you valuables in a fake flower pot, a dummy book, a phony electrical plug, what appears to be a can of food or drink and/or a household cleaning can – even a fake rock – maybe you can out-think the thieves. The diversion safes are economical; perhaps a combination of two or more might even spread out your risk.

By: Jehzeel Laurente

Jehzeel Laurente — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:07:42 +0000

Woooooot! Thanks for these tips. Di ko naisip to ah. hehe

By: Lachplesis

Lachplesis — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:54:10 +0000

You can put sign in visible place with text something like this “If you find any money, please, call me/my wife xxx-xxx-xxx. I/She will be very grateful”