Cash or Cashless

CorpITGuy · September 28, 2009, 11:58 AM

I'm always worried that if someone puts a gun to my back and says, "hand over your money", I'll be screwed. You see, I carry plastic (and a check book) but never more than 2 or 3 dollars' cash. I just don't need it, and I tend to spend it if it is in my wallet.

Is that a bad tactic? What if the BG decides to shoot me out of spite for not having any money. Should I start to carry a couple 20 dollar bills with me? I am of the opinion that I should try to AVOID these situations, but sometimes I'm in a position where I know I could be hit, and there's not much I can do about it. (Like the story below re: getting off an airplane and obviously not carrying).

Yankee Traveler · September 28, 2009, 12:19 PM

I also only carry plastic. A small leather business card holder with half a dozen pieces. DL, CC, DC, Sams Club...

Quickly offer it to the BG with a "Here, I changed all the PIN's to 1978 so I could remember it".
Of course yould NOT have changed all the PIN's. And you can probably call the banks and cancell before they could make it to a Circuit City anyway.
assuming you are not standing at an ATM when robbed of course...

**Bud Helms** · September 28, 2009, 01:24 PM

Nothing to do with firearms.

Closed.

September 28, 2009, 11:58 AM	#1
CorpITGuy Senior Member Join Date: May 14, 2009 Posts: 113	Cash or Cashless I'm always worried that if someone puts a gun to my back and says, "hand over your money", I'll be screwed. You see, I carry plastic (and a check book) but never more than 2 or 3 dollars' cash. I just don't need it, and I tend to spend it if it is in my wallet. Is that a bad tactic? What if the BG decides to shoot me out of spite for not having any money. Should I start to carry a couple 20 dollar bills with me? I am of the opinion that I should try to AVOID these situations, but sometimes I'm in a position where I know I could be hit, and there's not much I can do about it. (Like the story below re: getting off an airplane and obviously not carrying).

September 28, 2009, 12:19 PM	#2
Yankee Traveler Senior Member Join Date: April 17, 2008 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 265	I also only carry plastic. A small leather business card holder with half a dozen pieces. DL, CC, DC, Sams Club... Quickly offer it to the BG with a "Here, I changed all the PIN's to 1978 so I could remember it". Of course yould NOT have changed all the PIN's. And you can probably call the banks and cancell before they could make it to a Circuit City anyway. assuming you are not standing at an ATM when robbed of course...

September 28, 2009, 01:24 PM	#3
Bud Helms Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia, USA Posts: 13,198	Nothing to do with firearms. Closed.