Comments on: The Best Place To Hide Money: Conversation With A Burglar http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/ Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Sat, 18 May 2013 17:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Donald Barnebey http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/comment-page-4/#comment-1030523 Donald Barnebey Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:39:08 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/#comment-1030523 Banks are not necessarily the best place to store your money after all. Just ask the folks in Greece and on Cyprus. America may not be far behind. When you give your money over to the bank, you become a creditor of theirs. But if that bank should go bankrupt they’re under no legal obligation to pay you back from any assets that they do have. Rather do they pay off any “secure creditors” first (Generally other banks and millionaires). And the economy now is on the verge of collapse. The FDIC will not be able to guarantee your first $250,000 if many big banks simultaneously are failing. Think of burying large amounts of cash in heavy plastic containers underground.

]]> By: Alex http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/comment-page-4/#comment-1024988 Alex Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:43:38 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/#comment-1024988 Except in the case of a fire. you cant get to it. our cash is “hidden” in a place we can get to it quickly. But most people don’t know its there. I had only been stashing it a couple days when I asked my husband if he’d found any money lying around the apartment. I had to show him where it was. I should mention I my intention was not to hide the money it was just an easy place to keep it.

]]> By: charly http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/comment-page-4/#comment-1020316 charly Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:50:07 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/#comment-1020316 If I’m going to be out of town for long periods of time I’ll just trash my house. Knock everything over break some dishes make a real mess of the place,I will even leave the door unlocked. This way it will look like they are too late and my house was already hit. I wont be hiding any valuables because I don’t have any to take, just this laptop but it would be with me. But if anyone is going to trash my house for nothing it will be me.

]]> By: The Best Places To Hide Valuables In Your House | Lifehacker Australia http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/comment-page-4/#comment-1018320 The Best Places To Hide Valuables In Your House | Lifehacker Australia Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:45:59 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/#comment-1018320 [...] best hiding place, the best thing you can do is think like a thief. Weblog Personal Finance Advice interviewed one and got some enlightening information: “It doesn’t matter how clever you think you are [...]

]]> By: Jim http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/comment-page-4/#comment-1018288 Jim Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:15:25 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/#comment-1018288 An important thing to remember about bolted down or large safes: You may expect the burglar to come back, but he wants you to be home so you can open it for him!

]]> By: bobau0605 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/comment-page-4/#comment-1015505 bobau0605 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:59:54 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/#comment-1015505 Our option is make our home the most undesirable to rob. We have 2 rottweilers, 1 hound/rottweiler mix and a doorbell chihuahua. Love the stigma that goes with our dogs!

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/comment-page-4/#comment-1011622 Benjamin Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:24:09 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/#comment-1011622 How’bout inside a hollowed out tennis ball in a canister with others around it? I also slip some bills in between the pages of the dictionary, only the middle of the book though and one per page to prevent bulging.

]]> By: steve welch http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/comment-page-4/#comment-1011605 steve welch Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:43:31 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/#comment-1011605 Why was the burglar a burglar?was it because he was poor and couldn’t find a job or was it because he was a drug addict?

]]> By: Digital Printing Sacramento http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/comment-page-4/#comment-1010600 Digital Printing Sacramento Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:18:11 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/#comment-1010600 Great read. I would hide my money in a safe or a bank. I am going to be reading part two now. Thanks!

]]> By: Jon http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/comment-page-4/#comment-1009307 Jon Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:24:43 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/02/05/the-best-place-to-hide-money-conversation-with-a-burglar/#comment-1009307 Besides telling someone you trust where you hid the money in case you die, another tip is to make sure you keep the money in good condition!!! Money is not indestructable! My uncle hid thousands of dollars in a hole he dug in the basement of his house. He didn’t seal it in a airproof bag or anything. After a few years, it got all moldy and the ink started to run! He ended up having to take it to another country in order to find someone who would exchange it for a fee.

I think a great hiding place would be a hollowed piece of wood in your house. For example, under wooden stair cases, you can usually find a piece of 2×4 that isn’t a support beam and just drill a hollow open in it. stuff your money in there and then put it back so the hole is covered up by the other boards.

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