The most cash I've ever carriedThere's nothing like carrying large amounts of cash to make yourself feel simultaneously like a lottery winner and an obvious target.
A friend went to buy a car for ten grand, panicked and stuffed it down his pants for safety. It was all a bit smelly by the time he got there and he had to search around for some of it...
Tell us the story behind the most cash you've ever carried.
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chthonic, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 10:39)
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I had my bank account used for money launderingWhich was nice. I phoned my bank and said "Look, I've no idea if this money is mine or not. It's feasible it might be" - since this was the time of the dotcom boom I was getting some odd amounts of money in there every now and then.
photos.garysmith.org.uk/c14888.html for those who don't believe me (the highest point was £87k available for withdrawal).
Since money was also exiting my account with regularity that I didn't actually authorise, the bank told me to withdraw the money and hang on to it, and they'd sort it all out from there. I wasn't allowed to spend it, just ensure I had what I needed.
So I was walking around one of the not-really-that-nice areas of Leicester with 28 grand in my back pocket as I tried to find another bank to open an account with. Oddly, most High Street banks need to refer to the local police station when someone walks in wanting to deposit 28 grand in used 10s & 20s.
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shadyron, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 11:14,
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