Don’t be silly. You use those knockdown cardboard document storage boxes and store them in the broom closet; just, up off the floor in case someone spills the mop bucket.
I don’t have enough cash to justify a storage box. Maybe someday.
Oddly enough, filed in the filing cabinet is where we found my stepmother’s cash. The folder wasn’t marked, but she had gotten in the habit of withdrawing several hundred at a time and putting the bank envelope in the file folder. We found about $2500 there in two different hanging folders.
A frustration is that many ATMs now give money in 50s - which are still less commonly used in daily purchases since most larger purchases are paid for via some electronic method.
When we want smaller bills (i.e. 20s), we have to carefully structure our ATM withdrawals. “180? That’s two 50s and four 20s” and so on. Half the time we just go into the bank (credit union, actually) and write a check as we can thus get any denomination(s) we like.
Depends on what you’re using it for. If I wanted to pay our car tax using a credit card, or if I wanted to pay my son’s college tuition, they’d accept the credit card but right up front there’s a disclosure that they charge a fee.
Car dealers can limit how much of your purchase you can put on a credit card; when we bought one in 2006 I think it was 2,500. A dealer selling a Rolls Royce might choose to extend that limit a bit, especially as I think (but could well be wrong) that the vendor fees on Amex are lower than with MC / Visa.
It’s the other way around.
I stand (er, sit) corrected. That would explain why so few merchants take Amex.
I visited an ATM a couple of weeks ago, I want to say it was a PNC Bank ATM. Anyways, rather than the usual “multiples of 20” it asked for a number in “multiples of 1.” Somewhat perplexed, I only needed $100, but I took out $119 just to see what it would give me. I chose “choose denominations for me” and it gave me 1 $50, 2 $20s, 2 $10s, 1 $5, and 4 $1s. I’ve never gotten anything smaller than a $10 bill from any ATM before that day, usually exclusively $20s. It was bizarre.
Apart from the fees they dispute resolution process for Amex is more slanted toward the customer compared with most MC/Visa issuers.