i hate cash.  but i also hate getting hosed when i eat out at lunch (occasionally) and the restaurant wont break up the reciept.  (most do)

 

and there is a really good tackle shop along the way.  i seem to flush my wallet of cash rather quickly.  super annoying, and it drives my wife nuts seeing me peck at the checking account balance.  hahah..

 

you have cash at all times?  you do an ATM run on Sunday and pull out a wad?  

No cash on me for years.  I do keep $20-25 in the console for ramp fees at places I don't have a pass

1 minute ago, Choporoz said:

I do keep $20-25 in the console for ramp fees at places I don't have a pass

That's about how much I keep in my wallet.  I've never been one to carry around an absurd amount of cash.  When I found myself with a wad of cash after a win at the casino or something, I had trouble controlling how I spent it lol, especially on food and alcohol.  If I limit my cash on hand, then it makes me think twice about how I should be spending it.

I try keep at least a hundred bucks in twenties in me at all times.  I am a big fan of less-formal eating establishments and until recently, a guy with his smoker set up on the side of the road wouldn’t be taking credit cards. Also a lot of the time at work I can’t get away for meals and prefer to have cash on hand when someone offers to pick me up something.  

Cash is king. Yep always got some. Chip readers don’t work for my card about 50% of the places I go, and that’s a lot of places 

 

the machine wouldn’t work at academy sports earlier this week, dude said people complain constantly about it. I said well you got a billion dollars worth of stuff to sell in here, might wanna have that looked at 

I've got around $20.00 tucked away in my truck, just in case. No ramp fee's where I live....yet. I usually keep a $100.00 bill folded up in my wallet, again just in case. Other than that, I rarely have cash in my wallet. I'll pull some out of the bank in a couple of weeks because we're going to the Fall Nationals in TX. A trip is pretty much the exception.

Yeah, I usually have between $20 and $100, more if I know I may need it. 

3 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

Yeah, I usually have between $20 and $100

I bet most of your bills are singles too...

 

I usually keep between $20 and $50 in my wallet for incidental expenses. If it gets above that, I drop it into my personal checking account - wife and I have a joint account for bills, groceries, etc; but I have a personal one for my fishing/modeling expenses.

I carry enough to put four new Michelins on my truck, buy 3 or 4 Aldebarans, or 80 Vision 110s. I travel through rural areas and it's hard to pay tickets roadside with a card.?

I Rarely pay with cash always have it though.

In fact I've had the same $100 in my 'salmon skin' wallet for several years now. 

Cool wallet btw . . . 

A-Jay

I try to keep $60-$100 cash on me at all times but I have gotten somewhat lax about it over the last year or so. 

Nope. Traded in the wallet for a front pocket card holder. It doesn’t even have a slot to hold cash. Venmo and CashApp have replaced the need for cash transactions between family and friends. 

52 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I bet most of your bills are singles too...

 

making it RAIN!!!

I'm old school and always justify carrying a couple of hundred in case of an emergency. 

What’s cash? Since I’ve retired I’ve forgotten what that is ?

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

Cash is king. Yep always got some. Chip readers don’t work for my card about 50% of the places I go, and that’s a lot of places 

 

the machine wouldn’t work at academy sports earlier this week, dude said people complain constantly about it. I said well you got a billion dollars worth of stuff to sell in here, might wanna have that looked at 

It really gets me when a business can't get the "take the money" part of a transaction right. 
 

Anyway, I keep a modest amount on me, mostly for tips. 

I keep $35 in the truck usually (one each 5, 10, 20 dollar bills).  I have about $10 in my fishing bibs for a random launch fee I forget about after I park the truck or if there is an on-lake store to grab a drink and a snack.  My wallet varies from 0-$200 but mostly its in the $20-$30 range.  We never pay with cash and I pretty much only use it for tipping or small vendors to save them a couple percent.  Anything more than that though its straight onto the card and keep the points.

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

I bet most of your bills are singles too...

 

 

What happens at the Glitter Gulch, stays at the Glitter Gulch...

I always have at least a couple hundie on me for emergencies.  Living in the DC area during the height of the pandemic, nobody wanted to accept cash.  I’ve been to multiple restaurants around me that take cash only.  Small business get hit hard with credit card fees and in todays economy, it can make or break them.  I always tip in cash even if I pay with a card.  

I always carry a couple hundred but primarily use my cc.

 

I try to tip in cash too. I've heard too many stories of restaurants not paying out the full cc tips to servers. 

 

 

Some places just add those CC tips to the servers' paychecks.  Some places even pool the tips, which I kind don't like, being a big tipper. I'm probably 50/50 on tips cash/credit. Depends on the place and circumstances. Our usual Sunday brunch place, the servers prefer CC tip. The Irish pub, always cash when we eat dinner there. 

Yes sir. Cash is king. You don’t take cash you don’t get my business. 

3 minutes ago, newriverfisherman1953 said:

Yes sir. Cash is king. You don’t take cash you don’t get my business. 

I’ve found that places with a sign that says cash not accepted change their mind when you start counting it 

If a place doesn't take cash, you probably shouldn't be carrying that much, lol.