How do you carry cash around?

I am lucky to have $5.00 in my pocket or purse. For me, it is too easy to spend cash so I limit the amount I carry. $5.00 will get you pops or small snacks if you want one. I do not have a debit card as I am afraid that it would be too easy to spend money and not write it down. I watch people use their debit cards and then just drop the receipt into the depths of their purses. How do they keep a balance?Call me old fashioned but I still carry a checkbook. That way I know where I have spent my money and usually think twice before I make a purchase. People that carry large sums of money put themselves at risk.

Thats exactly the reason why I dont carry cash on me because what if I my purse was to get snatched they would take all my money :( but they wouldnt be able to get into my checking account hahaha! I use my debit/credit card almost 99% of the time because its accepted everywhere EXCEPT at the laundrymat when I have to wash clothes I pull $20 out and thats it!

i do carry a card..... so no need to carry cash,,,

I use a debit card for many reasons. It's easy and I don't have to worry about digging in my purse and counting out change and all that. Plus I don't like counting money with people standing over me. I just think a debit card is easier on me and the cashier. :)

I tend to use debit card also, but if I have cash on me it is usually only $20. I also have a neighbour who is like that woman at the checkout. We were walking past one day and he asked if we were going to the shop, could we get something for him. When we agreed, he pulled out his wallet, opened it up and pulled a fifty out of a thick pile of them. I just shook my head as I was walking off with my wife, and thought that if he did that in front of the wrong sort of people......! Guess somepeople don't like banks!

I prefer to use a debit card as well....I do not carry hardly any cash at all....maybe $5-10 for sodas or a newspaper or something small..... I do however carry a purse...I live in rural Arkansas in the USA and we have very low crime statistics here....I frequently leave my purse in my truck and just carry my wallet into the grocery store or Walmart.....I rarely take my keys out of the ignition of my vehicle...I rarely lock my doors... No, I would never carry that amount of cash around like that...If for some reason...I did have to carry cash,I would break it down into certain amounts and then seperate the areas that I carried them in...

I don't like carrying cash i prefer to use my debit card. I find if i have cash i tend to spend it all. With my debit card I get only what i need. If I know i am going somewhere that do not have debit that would be the only time i would go to the bank and get money then its only what I need and no more. My husband on the other hand prefers to have the money in his pocket I think he likes how it looks when he goes into the store and has to pull out the money he makes a big deal of unfolding the money and counting out what he needs. LOL he is a show off at heart still.

Honestly I don't like to carry cash around on me in the fear of accidently dropping it and never seeing it again. I use a check card or my debit card when I go anywhere. It's just safer that way. If I lose my cards, I can call my bank really fast and report them missing. Now only time I do have cash on me is when I have to get lunch money for my daughter, and as soon as I get it, I put it in the zippered part of my wallet.

I try not to carry cash either.But when I do I put it in my pants pocket.I babysit for strippers at night and they pay me cash in the morning.They usually pay me with small bills,so it looks like it is more money.It kinda scares me to have that much cash in my hands even when I am in the bank parking lot. try to go to the bank on a daily basis.I also put my atm card in my pocket.This way if someone grabs my purse I only have my drivers license to lose.

I don't carry cash at all. I always use my debit card. If we have any cash my husband carries it and it's usually less than $20. We get cash back for every purchase we make using our debit card as a credit card (It has the Mastcard logo on it) so we use it for anything we can.

I normally carry both. I have some cash to deal with small purchases and card for the rest. I am not some freak spender anyway and I normally plan my purchases so everything is under control. :P That wad of $20 bills is nothing. I once came across someone right in front of me opening her purse. It was a 2 inches too but they were $50 and $100. Then again, this happened at a departmental store and not a grocery store. Let me guess - that lady you saw was not "young"? Usually it is the younger people who are more savvy with stuffs like cards. The source of her income is also important. There are some businesses that transact only in cash (I shall leave it to your own imagination :P), and since they receive loads of money in cash, they have to use it like that. Of course, those who are more savvy will deposit them into their account then charge purchases to their cards. I have seen people at the cash deposit machine who have loads of cash to deposit. Not that rare at all. Or, here's another thought. Maybe that lady you saw wanted to go deposit the money *soon*. Maybe there are no cash deposit machines for her bank around the area so she decided to do it the next day. So you happened to catch her when she still has those loads of cash which she just received from someone somewhere. Tomorrow, when you try to rob her, she will be a penniless pauper - if judged by what she has in her purse. :P

I dont like to carry alot of cash but that is no problem i never have alot of cash to carry anyways lol. May as well laugh about it as to cry right. But i dont always trust my debit either i dont carry a purse or a bad. I carry my cash in my front pocket of my jeans and believe me if someone tryed to take my money from there i would be the first to know and so would they when i laid them out lol.

Maybe she was trying to show off? Just Playing, i agree it's extremely dangerous and people should be more careful about cash. Like you explained a debit or credit card is more convenient considering the fact that u can report it stolen and have it canceled.

i carry my cash in my purse or hide at home but just last year i had 600$ stolen from me but i actually had 2000$ in there i keep it in seperate places for what ever reason so i guess it kind of saved me but even though that happened to me i still carry in my purse just not such large amounts

I try not to never carry more then $40 on me and prefer to use Debit cards for the bigger purchase. I carry a bag but that is due to my little on is still in diapers but once she is potty trained I will probably be back to carry a purse.

I carry both cash and cards in my wallet, which is in a hand bag I used to just carry my purse but stoped once I had kids found I didn't have enough hands... I usually don't keep much cash in there anyway...

well right now im using a debit card..its must safer i guess..but i dont use any credit cards ..since i donthave one lol..

I usually don't carry my ATM/debit card with me unless I know for sure I'm going to be using it..but as for the cash I carry..I always carry my money in a small change purse type thing that I actually made myself, and it fits nicely in my front pocket of my jean..not my back pocket mind you, as that is the most likely place a theft will pick--but my front pocket...I doubt a theft would be able to pick it there unless he/she was getting unusually "friendly" with me...LOL

I prefer cash in my wallet or cash in my shirt pocket, which is the main reason, why I do not like to wear T-Shirts. I prefer cash to Credit/Debit cards as it gives me more control over my money. http://www.publishsuccess.com/ Make money but always carry it as cash in your wallet.I now it is not safe, but neither is your card.

I carry mine in my wallet. Used to carry it in my pocket cos I had lost my wallet a coupla times and was worried about doing it again. As long as the cash was in my pockets, I figured itd be safe cos I wont lose my pants. Lol but now Im back to carrying a wallet