If you had to come up with $5,000 cash by midnight tonight, could you do it?

Yes. I would ask my parents. They are wealthy and fairly generous.

I'd tap into my student line of credit. I think I have 223K available.

Well the 4 o'clock games started already but you can still put action on the Sunday night game.

Banks are closed on Sundays and my ATM has a $500 withdrawl limit per day - so no, not by midnight tonight. But tomorrow by noon I could.

Today is Sunday and most banks are closed and most ATM daily limits are far less than 5k. Most of us could not come up with that much cash by midnight.

cash advance off your credit card at western union?

I think it would be MUCH easier obtaining $5K in a life or death situation. If you don't have enough family and friends who can come up with 5 grand to save your life, then you probably need to re-evaluate your life.

Life or death, rob a bunch of Walmarts...

trollololol wrote:

I think it would be MUCH easier obtaining $5K in a life or death situation. If you don't have enough family and friends who can come up with 5 grand to save your life, then you probably need to re-evaluate your life.

Life or death, rob a bunch of Walmarts...

If you are in a situation where you need $5,000 cash in a matter of hours in order to not die you already need to re-evaluate your life, because there is no on the level situation like that you could possibly be in

Yep. No problemo.

Would ask a friend or a relative.

It is a Sunday night. So no since ATM has a limit

yes, just go to the ATM.

Good luck in getting that in cash. Having 5k is easy. Getting 5k in cash is a lot harder. It would be pretty reasonable to have 2-5 cards (bank, investment, credit card) that you could get 400-600 bucks cash out of. After that you are stuck looking for payday loans and pawn shops. Or having a bunch of friends willing to loan you 600 bucks.

asdfasdfasdfasdfasdf wrote:

I'd tap into my student line of credit. I think I have 223K available.

Sure, I'd just pull it out from under my mattress.

In US dollar bills? NO

But I could wire it to you, YES. I'd just ask my daughter who is a software engineer with a salary of $250,000/yr. She lives in Foster City, in California.

5k wrote:

I assume most of us could due to cash we have saved up, etc. But, if you didn't have $5k easily available, what would you do to get $5k cash by midnight tonight (assume this is a life-or-death situation). Would you steal from someone you know? Would you try to rob some stores?

I think most people would be surprised how small a bond needs to be to keep people locked up in jail. Even nominal amounts like $100 can do it. It may not be much to some people but it's more than many have.

SFO SFO SFO wrote:

In US dollar bills? NO

But I could wire it to you, YES. I'd just ask my daughter who is a software engineer with a salary of $250,000/yr. She lives in Foster City, in California.

Did she go to a PRESTIGIOUS Ivy League University?

Pawn shop, baby! Sell your car/ jewelry. No problem.

Savings plan wrote:

SFO SFO SFO wrote:

In US dollar bills? NO

But I could wire it to you, YES. I'd just ask my daughter who is a software engineer with a salary of $250,000/yr. She lives in Foster City, in California.

Did she go to a PRESTIGIOUS Ivy League University?

For software engineering, none of the Ivies are prestigious!

sam w wrote:

I think most people would be surprised how small a bond needs to be to keep people locked up in jail. Even nominal amounts like $100 can do it. It may not be much to some people but it's more than many have.

Most people who end up in jail are f*ck ups in life to begin with.