If you can only carry one currency note (dollar, euro, etc.) in MagSafe Wallet along with a credit card & ID? $50? $100? $20?

[Luba]

In case of emergency or a place that won't take credit cards, and you can only carry one currency note (dollar, euro, etc.) in MagSafe Wallet along with a credit card & ID, what would it be? And why?

I'm thinking a $20 is too small and most stores won't break a $100 as it's too large, so a $50? But then in an emergency and we can only carry one note shouldn't we carry the largest denomination possible ($100) and not worry if a store couldn't give us all of our change back?

 

[Letitbleed]

I carry 2 cards + 3 £20 notes with no problems

 

[Apple_Robert]

$20 as a lot of places don't take $50 or $100 bills due to counterfeiting.

 

[Letitbleed]

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[velocityg4]

$20 as a lot of places don't take $50 or $100 bills due to counterfeiting.

I was always told it was because they don't keep enough money in the drawer at the beginning of the day to handle a making change for a bunch of $50's and $100's. Of course that was mostly an issue at gas stations when the transactions regularly ran under $20. It's so rare that I use cash now. I can't think of the lass time it was an issue.

Anyways it's funny retailers would take this stance on preventing counterfeit money. Counterfeit $20's are way more common in the US than $50's or $100's. No one checks $20's. There's also simple scanners to quickly detect counterfeits.

Counterfeit money also accounts for way less retail losses than credit fraud. Yet I can make huge credit card purchases without anyone checking anything. Zero security, I just need to sign a slip. Buy a six pack of beer and my ID is checked even though I'm obviously over 21. Buy a $1500 computer with a credit card, nothing.

 

[Hooterville]

After buying the wallet I don't have any money left to carry in the wallet

 

[Sital]

I carry my license, a credit card, and a $20 bill in my MagSafe wallet. I find $20 to be sufficient as I'm much more likely nowadays to use the credit card or Apple Pay. But you can definitely fit at least another bill in the wallet with no problem.

 

[swarmofbees]

fity

 

[Bleh5]

If you use the wallet with a case, I placed a $20 inside the MagSafe silicone case (so it touches the phone). Should easily fit a second or third bill in there.

 

[Fred Zed]

20 squid.

 

[Luba]

If you use the wallet with a case, I placed a $20 inside the MagSafe silicone case (so it touches the phone). Should easily fit a second or third bill in there.

that's a good idea, and it doesn't lessen the magnetism from iPhone to silicone case with the bill in between?

I now use a bumper case so I can't use that idea, but I should have when I was using cases.

 

[skyhawkmatthew]

HK$100 (~US$13), same as I have in my bike saddle bag. Enough for an emergency cab ride etc; for everything else there’s Octopus.

 

[Bleh5]

that's a good idea, and it doesn't lessen the magnetism from iPhone to silicone case with the bill in between?

I now use a bumper case so I can't use that idea, but I should have when I was using cases.

The case doesn’t actually attach with the magnet; it’s held by the sides. No noticeable difference when attaching MagSafe wallet or magnetic battery pack to the case.