- Pre-pay anything and everything you can.
- Pay your tax promptly. Or overstate and reclaim later.
- Get paid in anything but cash for your labour. Kisses don’t count.
- Collect gift cards issued by reliable retailers. Not all gift cards are equal.
- Buy things in bulk from Costco.
- Buy goods, lots of goods from retailers that offer returns and return before the time expires. As you go into the store to return, buy yet another batch.
- Buy silk worms and mulberry bushes. Silk cloths by the end of this.
- Buy chickens and build a coop in your garden. Eggs are your dividends.
- Co-operate and build a neighbourhood vault to store the cash.
- Divide the amount and put it in banks of different countries with positive rates but relatively stable, such as Singapore, Australia and Britain. Exchange rate risks, of course.