There seems to be a running theme here that cash is desirable when going out with (or splitting the tab with) friends. I don’t know if it is an age-related thing or just different social circles, but that literally never happens to me. When I go out with friends either I pay the entire tab or they do (we take turns usually) unless it is at a bar or someplace similar where we each pay our own separately.
Ever since I lost my wallet with a large sum of cash, I made it a rule to carry around five and NEVER more than ten dollars at a time. If there is more than five dollars that’s because I"m on way back from the ATM to my flat.
I have a credit card and if needed debit card for everything.
- None. I only carry cash if I know beforehand I’m going to need it. Though I think I might carry some more often, in case of some emergency. No more than 50 bucks, though.
I have 15 Chinese Yuan (about two US Dollars) in my wallet. That’ll get me lunch and dinner today, as long as I keep it cheap.
In America, I normally carry cash. I keep better track of my spending when I physically feel the dollars going through my hand.
If your card suddenly stops working, you have a bill to pay, and you have a plane to catch. This happened to me just a couple weeks ago.
Those of you who go without cash: Is there really no place you go that doesn’t take credit/debit cards?
I still regularly shop at places that take only cash. For example:
The dry cleaner
The taco truck
Vending machines
$0. My pants have a lot of pockets, and it’s more convenient to carry cash in a different pocket than in my wallet.
I’m 64.
Outdoor fruit and vegetable markets. Otherwise, no. There are on rare occasions a few luddite retail establisments that have a minimum spend of $10 for electronic fund transfers, but I simply shop elsewhere.
So <$20, I’m 25.
I went with 1-10$ because it’s closer to what I have than 10-100$, though I have about 12$ if I count out the change. I very rarely have more than $20 (since that’s what ATMs give!), and if I have more than that it’s because I’m intending a specific cash purchase.
Debit (Interac) and credit are the vast majority of my purchases, and if I need to pay something in cash, living in a city means I’m generally close to an ATM if needed.
I don’t shop at vending machines or the taco truck, but the dry cleaners here takes ATM cards.
To answer your question, no, there is no place I shop which doesn’t take my ATM card. The three places I most often make purchases are:
grocery store
gas pump
post office (mailings for my business)
I don’t have any use for cash (usually) as I don’t buy things like soft drinks, coffee or snacks.
22; voted $0, but I do keep $100 in my wallet “just in case” but keep it hidden in a the pocket under my drivers license and would only use it if I was stranded and needed to buy gas or something.
I really go no place that doesn’t take cards for the most part. When I know I will be someplace where vending machines are my only option to feed my Diet Pepsi habit, then I will get 5-10 dollars cash back from a grocery purchase, but that is rare.
My husband however works in a rural county where there is not a single place that takes cards of any sort. He works 48 hour shifts (mostly, sometimes 72 hours and occasionally 24 hours) so we are in the habit of getting him $20 cash back when we grocery shop the day before he goes to work so that he can buy a meal or two if he needs to (he prefers to cook at the station when he can) or if he needs to make any incidental purchases while on duty.
Our dry cleaner and taco trucks* take debit cards without complaint. And I traveled from Guam to Japan to Houston to Virginia and back again without a single dollar (or yen) in my pocket. The entire trip was made with my cards.
*Which I only get to go to as a treat, so they aren’t really my taco trucks.
32 years old.
I answered $100-$500.
5300 Philippine pesos - just took 5000 out of the bank this morning. Between the bank fees and the exchange rate, that’s about the minimum I will take out. Meals go on the company credit card, but most of the personal shopping I do is a markets and stalls - cash only.
$60 Canadian, had it in my wallet when I left home.
$43 US - was advised to have some here, but it’s the next thing to useless. Will use it to tip the driver that picks me up at the airport and takes me over the border to Canada.
That’s several months away, so I guess I should put the foreign currencies away until then.
5950 baht. In my 50s.
It is likely around 100 dollars. I get about 300 out every two weeks or so. Depends on how often I eat out and stuff like that.
40’s and male.
I have RMB about $100, USD250, Hong Kong Dollars about $150 and Taiwan dollars about $75. I travel frequently between China, HK and Taiwan and it’s always good to have some cash as these are still cash economies (but becoming less so by the day). I always want enough cash for food, a taxi to the airport and an emergency cheap hotel room. The USD is always good because you can change it anywhere and even taxi drivers will take it (if you give a good enough rate).
I grew up poor and never want to be in the position of having a really shitty night because I don’t have a few bucks in my wallet.
I have $20 left as I had a good thing at the races today which sadly ran a slashing last.
$40 - $100. Though I pay for most stuff with a debit card. I don’t like having less than $20. But that is changing. Love the debit card.
Right now I have £35 and also €115, having spent or converted all my $$.
Only have one US dollar right now, but about $2000 pesos, because despite not being a third-world country, there are sooooo many thing that Mexico is still backwards on, such as credit card acceptance. In fact, I can’t buy gasoline without a $1000 pesos in my wallet, just in case the they don’t feel like taking credit cards that day!
When at home in Michigan, my answer would be about $1 US. Just enough for coffee at work.
It’s more convenient not to have cash. I just hate it when stores are cash only. Those bastards need to get with the times!