Hiding Money

You have heard it before – hidden money found under the mattress, in books, desk drawers, underwear drawers and other places. Hiding money, for “mad money”, an emergency fund, or from a spouse, is more common then one would think.  However, not all hiding places may be as common.

For whatever reason money is hidden, these are some places to keep in mind, should the need to find it arises:
~ Inside a wooden door – since most are hollow, there is room for an envelop, box or bag.
~ Inside a curtain rod – hollow again on the inside!
~ In an old winter coat.
~ In a vacuum – between the interior vacuum bag and pouch lining or inside the extra extension tube.
~ In the hamper – under those dirty clothes!
~ In an artificial plant – under the “soil”.
~ In a picture frame – cash could be easily placed between the picture and back of the frame.
~ In an unused purse – stashed in the back of a closet – in a compartment in the purse.
~ In a toilet paper roll – under the bathroom sink or in the linen closet.
~ In an artificial plumbing pipe – under a bathroom, kitchen or utility room sink.
~ Taped to the bottom of the bathroom or kitchen trash cans.
~ In the vacant space between corner cupboards or counters – a hole big, enough to fit a hand, is made in the wall of the cupboard area, providing a hiding place.
~ Taped to the underside of a table top.
~ In a soup can – some can openers cut a can just below the rim. When put back together, it looks like the can was never opened.

From a burglar’s point of view – the most uncommon place to hide money is in children’s toys! They would look in many other places, but parents putting money in toys is not the norm.

A burglar’s reason to rob is to find money or items they can get money for. Hiding money in your electronics isn’t a good idea. They may not look for money there, but they will take the electronics to sell, and later on find there was money in it.

Another hint from a burglar’s point of view: They look until they find something. Leaving some money where they can easily find it (in obvious places such as under the mattress or in an underwear drawer) is beneficial. (They will stop looking quicker when they find something. BUT it should be a substantial amount of money for them TO stop looking!)

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