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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2015 8:57:02 GMT -5
I have a safe in my basement that I've had for 20 some years. I used to just know the combination, because I used it all the time, but had a sticker with the numbers on the inside of one of my desk drawers just in case.
Fast forward to now and I haven't used it for many years and have forgotten the combination. The sticker (and the desk) were wrecked in the 2007 flood and I have no clue how to open this damn thing now. I believe there is a plate on the side that has the company name and number. If they're still in existence maybe they'd help, but it would seem odd if I could just call and give the serial number and they'd give the combination. That doesn't seem very secure.
I'd rather not wreck the thing. I don't even think there is anything important or valuable in there. I mostly cleared it out after the flood and was keeping the door open because I knew I didn't know how to get back in, but my son locked it one day.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2015 9:17:06 GMT -5
They don't give you the combo, they come out and recombo it for you. It happens all the time and they will charge you but not too much. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2015 9:21:29 GMT -5
Nice! I'm sure the minute I have someone come out I'll come across the number scrawled somewhere, but whatever. If I don't, I'll never find it and it will just be taking up space while my important documents all sit in a closet unprotected.
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Post by joemilitary on Mar 3, 2015 9:27:13 GMT -5
I can stop by and "pick" the lock for you
<<also plans to case the house for valuables for a later visit>> |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2015 9:28:14 GMT -5
I can stop by and "pick" the lock for you
<<also plans to case the house for valuables for a later visit>> Be my guest. I think you'll be sadly disappointed though.  |
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Post by Blonde Granny on Mar 3, 2015 10:19:54 GMT -5
At least you don't have to admit that you're positive that the combo to the safe is on a piece of paper IN the safe. That would be embarrassing! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2015 10:27:28 GMT -5
At least you don't have to admit that you're positive that the combo to the safe is on a piece of paper IN the safe. That would be embarrassing! Yeah...at least I don't have to admit that.  |
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Post by justme on Mar 3, 2015 11:06:11 GMT -5
This is why I keep the key firmly secured in the keyhole of my safe!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2015 11:11:13 GMT -5
LOL
I don't even care about locking it. I have nothing valuable that someone would want to steal. I just don't want the abstract to the house and all the titles and birth certificates burning in a fire. I suppose I should just take them to Wells Fargo. I believe I have a free safe deposit box there.
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 3, 2015 11:15:38 GMT -5
*chuckle* I hope you're able to get the manufacturer to send someone to help you out, minnesotapaintlady. My daughter (the OCD collector of all things important and not-so-important) has my safe combination safely tucked away somewhere. Even were I to forget it, I'd know exactly where to go to get it. |
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Post by tloonya on Mar 3, 2015 12:59:00 GMT -5
I can stop by and "pick" the lock for you
<<also plans to case the house for valuables for a later visit>> I hope you live far and will pay for your own plane ticket to get there. To pick the lock. And get disappointed. Or maybe MPL will be a woman of your dream and you will ... happily ever something.  |
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Post by mroped on Mar 3, 2015 13:16:43 GMT -5
I have a 20 gun safe that I won at a rafle a couple years back. The safe sits empty and locked in the garage while my guns sit where they belong: in my closet! Ofcourse all of them have the bolt or firing pin removed and the ammo is in a different place. I admit I'm stupid but not THAT stupid!  I plan on using the safe when I have enough guns to be worth opening it and somehow I have to overcome my fear of forgetting the combination. Those numbers that they gave me make no sens to me so I can't seem to remember them |
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Post by CCL on Mar 4, 2015 11:35:53 GMT -5
When I have something important like that to remember I send myself an email with some sort of bogus description like "anniversary 14-8-64."
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Post by bookkeeper on Mar 4, 2015 13:19:11 GMT -5
My dad had the combination to his safe written in ball point pen on the side of the desk drawer in his office. It worked for years.
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