How to Save Your Safe Deposit Box From All the People Trying to Steal It
Author: Nick
Category: Money
Topics: banking, law, savings
I don’t want to alarm anybody, but at this very moment, someone is trying to steal your money.
Let that statement soak in for a minute. Are you alarmed? You should be, even though I told you not to be. Now I bet you’re wondering what has transpired to cause me to issue such an alarming statement. Well, for starters, I had to write about something, and publishing alarming statements is a great way to get people’s attention. For instance: squirrels cause cancer if they get within 100 feet of you. See what I mean? I bet you’re checking the latest rodentia medical journals right now to verify my claim. Well, I’ll save you the trouble—squirrels do not cause cancer. At least I don’t think they do. Just to be safe, you should probably carry a gun with you all the time and shoot all the squirrels you see.
What was I talking about? Oh yes, everyone is trying to steal your money. And by everyone, I mean the following:
- The Federal government
- Your state and local governments
- Your school or alma mater’s student government
- Auto manufacturers
- The banking industry
- OPEC
- The United Nations
- The Washington Nationals
- The International House of Pancakes
Okay, so I may have embellished that list a little bit. But since I won’t tell you how I embellished it, you’re just going to have to believe me out of fear for now.
One notable entity on that list of groups stealing your money is the banking industry. You might be thinking, “Why would the banks try to steal my money when I’m just as happy to give it to them?” And if you’re not thinking that, then consider all the different ways you give money to the bank during your lifetime:
- Savings accounts and CDs
- Checking accounts
- Mortgage payments
- Credit card payments
- School loan payments
- ATM fees
- Safety deposit boxes
Of course, for most of those times you give your money to the bank, you expect to get something in return—possibly interest payments to you for your savings, or the right to continue living in your house for your mortgage payment. At the very least, you don’t expect a bank will just up and walk away with your hard-earned money. Even if you just stash tens of thousands of dollars into a safety deposit box, that money should still be there years down the road.
Unfortunately that’s not always how it works, as this story of auctioned-off safety deposit boxes reveals. Apparently these boxes aren’t always as “safe” as their name implies. The article describes how banks, believing some safety deposit boxes to be abandoned, turned over the contents to the state government which promptly proceeds to auction off the contents. In some cases, priceless family heirlooms have been sold at auction without the knowledge of the original owner.
This wouldn’t be so bad if the deposit boxes were genuinely abandoned, i.e. the owners had moved away without providing a new address. But in some instances, “abandoned” has simply meant that the owners of the boxes hadn’t visited the box in a few years. Sometimes the owners of the boxes still had active savings or checking accounts at the same bank! According to the article, while states require that banks attempt to contact the owners before drilling the box contents open for sale at auction, there is no law regulating how hard banks must try to contact the owners of “abandoned” safety deposit boxes, nor is there any punishment for not trying.
Now the article goes on to describe a few common sense ways to protect your safety deposit box such as ensuring your contact information is up to date and visiting the box once a year to check the contents. But that’s not going to do anything to stop banks from getting bored one day and deciding to auction off all the safety deposit boxes that are prime numbers. To do that, you’ll need to take serious preventative measures to protect your safety deposit box.
No, this doesn’t mean to set an explosive trap in your box that goes off when it’s opened. After all, how would you get into the box yourself? That, and we’re trying not to kill anyone here. Fortunately the geniuses over at the FatWallet forums have devised the perfect plan to protect your precious possessions from pesky pilferers—simply add a bag of cocaine to your safety deposit box.
You’re probably wondering how this works to stop your safety deposit box from being auctioned away. Well, it’s quite simple:
- Bank drills open “abandoned” safety deposit box.
- Bank finds cocaine.
- Bank calls police.
- Police find you in about 30 seconds, because they actually try.
- You, the true owner of the safety deposit box, are successfully located.
Of course, step six of that sequence would be “you go to jail for possession of an illegal substance,” so one way around that would be to substitute a bag of baking powder or sugar labeled as your favorite powdery white narcotic. That said, some places will throw you in jail anyway for wasting their time, but at least your collection of ceramic roosters won’t be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Your best bet, then, might be to label that fake bag of drugs as “definitely not drugs.” This way, the police will get called in anyway, but you can simply tell them later “the bag said it wasn’t drugs!” You still may go to jail, but it would be under the dumbest charge ever—something like “possession of a not illegal substance.”
Hmm… I suppose this whole idea goes out the window if the bank personnel drilling your safety deposit box open decide to steal your drugs. But imagine the look on their faces when they try to use the stuff only to find out it’s cooking flour! That’ll teach ‘em to steal from you.
So in summary, drugs are bad, and stealing is bad, but one bad thing can be used to stop another bad thing from happening, and it might be okay.
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159 Responses »
1.
Stephanie PTY
December 16th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
IHOP!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Say it isn’t so!
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Catrin W
December 17th, 2008 at 6:03 am
Omg.. That’s terrible, and that is why i wont ever have anything deposited in those deposit box. They shouldn’t be called safety at all.
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Acne Products
December 17th, 2008 at 8:22 am
That’s excellent presentation. I just wake up from my sleep and now going to bank to ask about my account information.
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John P
December 17th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Great so now the banks are losing our money
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Jeff
December 17th, 2008 at 11:38 am
God Lord, our country is slowly circling the bowl isn’t it? You can’t even trust the banks with your money anymore. And what are you supposed to do if they shred your birth certificate? Is there any way for you to get a new one? How will anyone know you are who you say you are? AH!
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Grilled Fish
December 17th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Especially with the way the economy is in a recession, and thing’s are looking pretty low right now, more than ever this is a reality
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this&that
December 18th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Hmmm, I have my deposit box’s yearly cost auto-withdrawn from my checking account (both at same bank) so that would seem to cover any worry about the bank closing the box.
I do check into the box every few months but that is to shift papers and goods about.
I keep jewelry and such at the vault for safekeeping. Never have had a problem.
If one is paying the yearly fees on time, why would anyone worry about the bank closing the deposit box account? Why would the bank want to close the account since it is making money off the fees?
If you are not paying your fees, then that is a problem I agree.
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david
December 18th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Looks like our hard-earned money is not safe at all.We should just spend the money all?
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Patrick
December 19th, 2008 at 9:52 am
LOL. Classic.
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Frank
December 20th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
#7, this & that:
Just paying the bill is no guarantee. This has come up several times over the last few years. Here is just one link from abcnews:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=4832471&page=1
” Not-So-Safe-Deposit Boxes
San Francisco resident Carla Ruff’s safe-deposit box was drilled, seized, and turned over to the state of California, marked “owner unknown.” “I was appalled,” Ruff said. “I felt violated.”
Unknown? Carla’s name was right on documents in the box at the Noe Valley Bank of America location. So was her address — a house about six blocks from the bank. Carla had a checking account at the bank, too — still does — and receives regular statements. Plus, she has receipts showing she’s the kind of person who paid her box rental fee. And yet, she says nobody ever notified her. ”
The important paperwork had been shredded. Jewelry, auctioned off for a tenth of its value.
Don’t have a safe-deposit box, so this is no big deal?
“It’s not just safe-deposit boxes. A British man went to retire and discovered the $4 million in U.S. stock he had been counting on had been seized and sold for $200,000 years earlier — even though he was in touch with the company about other matters.
A Sacramento family lost out on railroad land rights their ancestors had owned for generations — also sold off as unclaimed property.
“If I had hung onto it, I would be a millionaire, multimillionaire,” said John Whitley. “But that didn’t happen because we didn’t get to hold it.” “
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Roger
December 20th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Well, that’s a nice dose of fear right here. Good thing I keep all my money, stock certificates and important documents in a large fire-, bomb-, and Rapture-proof safe, surrounded by a shark-filled moat and accessible only on full moons in months that don’t end in -ber
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Ed Kohler
December 24th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Dang, this is something I haven’t considered before. Scary stuff. It kind of takes the fun out of trusting your money with someone you’re paying to hold it for you.
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Kyle
December 25th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Sadly, this happens quite often.
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Peter
December 27th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Well, that’s a nice dose of fear right here. Good thing I keep all my money, stock certificates and important documents in a large fire-, bomb-, and Rapture-proof safe, surrounded by a shark-filled http://freenews.kz and accessible only on full moons in months that don’t end in -ber
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Pro Caulk
December 28th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Oh wow! I heard about this on the radio the other day (NPR) and I could NOT believe it. What a bunch of crap. Thanks for calling attention to it.
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samasamon
December 30th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Scary stuff. It kind of takes the fun out of trusting your money with someone you’re paying to hold it for you
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Diare
December 30th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Banks are evil
I love your cartoons and your posts. This one was a killer
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December 30th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
I never trusted banks.
With current economical crisis going on I believe it’s time to invest into gold.
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Jerry
January 1st, 2009 at 8:44 pm
In light of these revelations, I would recommend using a good mattress instead of a security box. It leads to more individualized security situations, (albeit less comfortable sleeping, depending on what you have stored), and some insurance that your bag of baking soda doesn’t land you in the slammer.
Jerry
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The Digerati Life
January 4th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
You are awesome. So talented. Sigh.
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Tenerife Mortgages
January 4th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
This is absolutely ridiculous! How are you supposed to guarantee any security in the US??!!
I´m going to consult the laws in various countries in Europe as i cannot believe this would be true over here as well, just seems completely ludicrous!
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January 7th, 2009 at 4:27 am
Wow….Thats impressive such a informative article thanks for it.
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January 7th, 2009 at 5:42 am
He he he What a funny cartoon.
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January 7th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Sadly, this happens quite often. Nice cartoon anyway
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Anna Betrieb
January 7th, 2009 at 11:24 am
The world revolves around money.. we all want to make it and everyone else wants to take it from us! – That´s life and it seems like we´ll all just have to deal with it. I am having some problems with banks at the moment and I am not impressed! I have a small safe at home, but it´s hopeless, all my family know the combination.. not that there is much in there apart from coppers!
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January 8th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
That is actually a scary thought. I had no idea that any of this could happen. I know my brother has 2 boxes that he uses.
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Rose @ Goji Juice Capital
January 8th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
I think it depends with what bank you’re trusting. If you chose small banks, the chance of them closing down suddenly is very big. Yes, I am saying that bigger banks have smaller risks. Please take note that there’s still a risk. It’s like choosing between 2 evils if you decided to hide your money at home. Cat burglars are rampant these days.
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Mike
January 13th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
And we’re supposed to trust the banks with our money? Great captions, but its like a mine field with the banks these days.
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Yinna
January 14th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
No offense, but it seems to me that since you add cartoons to your posts, you’re writing a lot less frequently….
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goacom
January 24th, 2009 at 1:47 am
banks were known to have this knack. Weren’t they? DOnt know whether you can put this down to their laziness. But losing money on such lethargy is just not good enough.
Your post also gave me the tickles about the manner in which you suggested to go about it. I mean I want to buy some sugar right now. And i am not bothered if the ants eat my money. I just want to keep the banks away LOL
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January 24th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
This is certainly an interesting way to make sure your safe deposit box doesn’t get stolen. I for one am completely against placing illegal substances in my safe deposit box. Maybe some of our clients might try it, but I certainly won’t. Quite creative piece though. Keep up the good work!
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January 25th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Lots of good ideas here on how to be more frugal with your money.
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January 28th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I didn’t know that banks could do that, but I suppose being private businesses they can do it. Guess it just goes to show everyone should read the terms and conditions closely and ask questions.
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January 29th, 2009 at 3:47 am
This is a greatly written piece of article. However, it is sad to know that this incident happens for real. Talk about trusting your banks. No wonder one business man I know prefers to invest his money on something else instead of depositing them on banks. He really did emphasize not to trust banks with your money.
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January 29th, 2009 at 4:52 am
Greetings… Thanks for the tips you provide on us. I learned a lot on this article specially on the different information must need to know on saving a money. keep it up the good work…
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January 30th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I for one am completely against placing illegal substances in my safe deposit box.
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SmartSecurityPeople
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:20 pm
We have not heard from you in a while.. Hope all is well and that you are just taking a short reprieve on your blogging. I certainly look forward to seeing more of your articles and work…
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February 3rd, 2009 at 1:03 am
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February 3rd, 2009 at 1:06 am
i m sorry because i missed some in above. that
What a good conversation , really i m amazing .
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February 5th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Do you need me to give you some post ideas?
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February 6th, 2009 at 4:50 am
Really i impressed. What a wonderful presentation.Now i am happy.Thank You.
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Darrel Pontoon
February 9th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
I hate banks – I am a retard and I have a tendnacy to overdraw my account by accident, my bank has made a couple of grand off me in just overdrawn fees alone – so I stopped writing checks hopefully that helps a little bit.
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Chris
February 10th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Where, oh where did you go??? I keep checking every day to see if you’ve posted, but no… Hope all is well.
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February 11th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Awesome, seriously awesome. It makes me want to open a safety deposit box, put a bag of baking soda in it and just wait. I think it would be worth it. If only I actually had something valuable.
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Limoeg
February 11th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Great presentation.Thanks for sharing.It is very useful.
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olivia
February 11th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Do not trust any financial institution!! There are only here for your money, and it´s their only interest.
Go in your garden, dig it, depose your monex than just send me an email with your adress so I can come and give my expertise….
Who´s interested!!??
Oli
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February 14th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Wow I just move your illustrations. Those seriously crack me up, thanks.
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February 15th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Every business is also trying to steal your money as well. Everyone is attacked with salesmen and ads from all angles.
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February 15th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
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February 16th, 2009 at 12:50 am
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February 20th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
thanks for making a serious topic very funny! Loved the post but the point you make is a good one. When you listed all the people tring to steal your money it really brings it home!
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February 20th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Really it is nice post and thanks for sharing it.
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francesca
February 20th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Your ideas are far out but I like them. There’s truth to what you are saying. However, I personally think owners would save themselves such trouble if they just do what responsible owners should do:)
Then the box and its contents will always be where they are supposed to be.
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Minnesota Lawyer
February 21st, 2009 at 2:59 am
This is a wonderful presentation of some common “scheme” that seldom happen… but really happens.
This is something we need to be ware of. Thanks for sharing.
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Amy
February 24th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Hope everything is OK. I miss getting a good laugh from your posts. Come back!
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February 25th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
great post! Banks are looting people without telling them. There are so many charges which you can just skip for nothing. And where is my gun i want some squirrels now..
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February 25th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
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February 26th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Wow, that really impressed me! I like your ideas. And the cartoon made it even better! Thanks for sharing your concept! Cheers!
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February 26th, 2009 at 8:55 am
im don’t invest much to the banks too.. Id rather put my money investing on real estate / lots. Things that doesnt depreciate that fast.. like buying domains . hehe lol..
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March 2nd, 2009 at 7:45 pm
That was a great presentation, but pretty concerning. I’ve been making extra with the bank lately has been looking for banks that pay higher percentage rewards on checking accounts, a lot of my friends use it and have loved it. I found this tool helpful for me on CheckingFinder.com They have a list of banks offering up to 6% in reward checking accounts just to use the debit card, online banking, or use direct deposit. Better than the scenario above!
I’ll pass it on even though it’s a bit long:
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Enjoy, And thanks again for the advice!
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Trevor
March 12th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Amen. That’s all. Just amen.
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Julie
March 21st, 2009 at 5:06 pm
OMG! I didn’t know that the banks could do that! Absolutely incredible! I LOVE your suggestion about putting a bag of flour in the box! ROFLMAO!
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March 24th, 2009 at 2:57 am
This is simply hilarious! I gotta keep coming back.
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Jonathan@Friends&Money
March 29th, 2009 at 8:43 am
i think that the last few months have shown us just how flawed the banking system is in general and safe deposits boxes are no exception
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Jieleah
April 15th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
This is a nice tip and i need to admit that i love the drawing lol! I will come back for post. Thanks!
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April 15th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Yeah, banks are evil otherwise where did they get the money to put fat bonuses to their staff.
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April 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
the very same thing happens in case of credit cards..they wont tell you exactly hpw much charges you have to pay at the end of the year and you remain happy that i just have to pay if i dont submit the money within a month of purchase..
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DD
April 21st, 2009 at 12:12 am
Many of us, I believe are unaware of this. I need to go back and check my ‘Safety Box’..Thanks for the post Nick!
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April 21st, 2009 at 10:29 pm
I am not exactly sure how useful this is seeing as though even if they stole the box I don’t think they would be able to open it. Good Article!
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April 22nd, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Lol, nice drawing
don’t invest much in banks too, crisis is the ultimate proof!
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April 23rd, 2009 at 5:00 am
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April 23rd, 2009 at 5:52 am
Great so now the banks are losing our money. That’s excellent presentation
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April 23rd, 2009 at 7:54 am
I love your cartoons, very funny and helpful, thanks for sharing!
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April 24th, 2009 at 7:10 am
That is so unfair! Bank are just not right! However trying to put a bag of baking soda in your box is quite silly. You can get into serous trouble for such <>
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April 30th, 2009 at 6:21 am
I do not have any safety box but if i have, i will take note of this information. I believe this post is very unique and i love the drawing. Great job for posting this!
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May 4th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Good think we don’t use safety deposit boxes here. Mostly cash deposits.
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May 6th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Great way of explaining, i loved way of drawing, pictures always more helpful to make understand, sure in future want to follow it..
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May 7th, 2009 at 12:47 am
The bank main purpose is to lure us and use our money just to keep their business going. Since the global economy breakdown a lot of banks filed for bankruptcy, so choose wisely on where to entrust your hard earn money and I just hope that this cartoon illustration wont happen to us. Great article funny yet direct to the point!
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May 7th, 2009 at 9:54 am
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May 7th, 2009 at 10:14 am
my … I’d hate seing my safe deposit box auctionned !
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May 10th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Nice article, thank you.
Please keep on blogging.
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May 12th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
This is a funny post. (As well as a serious problem.)
I love the idea of putting a package in labelled “This is not illegal drugs”.
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May 15th, 2009 at 7:41 am
It may funny still seems impressive way to prevent stealing thief.
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May 15th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
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May 15th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
I feel sorry for those who lost valuable items, especially family heirlooms when their safety deposit boxes were declared abandoned and their items auctioned off. It is our trust in these banks that allowed us to feel comfortable leaving our valuables behind. I wish these institutions employed better measures of contacting their clients for something so important. Thanks!
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May 17th, 2009 at 5:38 am
i feel sorry for people who are affected but i like to appreciate the person who wrote this because i’ve never seen as effective communication as you did.. good to see
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May 20th, 2009 at 5:39 am
To comment on the above comment – I have recently read that the number of people who are investing is gold has increased so much since the credit crunch. I guess there are things which keep their value which others are always more risky investments.
It is so important that anyone with debts or assets keeps up to date with financial happenings.
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May 20th, 2009 at 9:53 am
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May 20th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
We are going to have the same very soon. I think this is curse of our bad economies.
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May 20th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
I just wake up from my sleep and now going to bank to ask about my account information.
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May 20th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I wish these institutions employed better measures of contacting their clients for something so important. Thanks!
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May 21st, 2009 at 5:08 am
Well, for starters, I had to write about something, and publishing alarming statements is a great way to get people’s attention.
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May 22nd, 2009 at 1:11 am
Lovely diagram I must say up-front. I always have my money not in the bank locker rather in some government instrument. But cannot say who to trust and who not to. Is our money ever safe.
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May 22nd, 2009 at 5:59 am
Awesome use of cartoon characters to show how to save your deposit box.
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May 22nd, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I keep jewelry and such at the vault for safekeeping. Never have had a problem.
If one is paying the yearly fees on time, why would anyone worry about the bank closing the deposit box account? Why would the bank want to close the account since it is making money off the fees?
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May 22nd, 2009 at 4:40 pm
The important paperwork had been shredded. Jewelry, auctioned off for a tenth of its value.
Don’t have a safe-deposit box, so this is no big deal?
“It’s not just safe-deposit boxes. A British man went to retire and discovered the $4 million in U.S. stock he had been counting on had been seized and sold for $200,000 years earlier — even though he was in touch with the company about other matters.
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June 9th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Hahaha the comic is hilarious! If something like this would happen in real life the bank would get sued fo so much money it’s crazy.
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June 9th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Safety deposit boxes are actually pretty safe. I just opened one up and am confident in its security. Hilarious cartoon!
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June 12th, 2009 at 2:40 am
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June 17th, 2009 at 7:34 am
I’ve never actually dared to banks, they are precision made us small investors ruin. Vondaher I invest my money in gold and also recommend it to anyone.
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June 18th, 2009 at 6:02 am
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June 22nd, 2009 at 1:28 pm
I laughted about min after reading the part about Cockaine LOL
but the subject is serious. I didn’t know that … a chance I don’t actually own a safery deposit box.
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June 23rd, 2009 at 10:18 am
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June 23rd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
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June 26th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
There are always people looking to take what doesn’t belong to them. The Banks ought to be ashamed of themselves. They have a business that’s very profitable and still resort to stealing. Go Figure. If they wanted to make honest money the could invest in cash flow notes.
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June 27th, 2009 at 1:18 am
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June 27th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I’ve never trusted safety deposit boxes after I heard about some shenanigans involving a very famous company in the U.K.
If it’s in a box in a building owned and run by someone else, it’s safer to assume the world and his dog has a sniff at it.
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July 5th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Loved it. Did you do the comic yourself?
To the point though. As sad as it is, there will always be these people and organizations looking to take what is not theirs. Sad reality.
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But I would agree that all your points are right.
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“There is no law regulating how hard banks must try to contact the owners of “abandoned” safety deposit boxes, nor is there any punishment for not trying.”
I never thought this is possible! It’s really scary. When I think about it, I guess there is no law that “effectively and strongly” safeguard the interest of the bank clients. This is why cases like this occur. Anyway, thanks for the information. I like your cartoons and also your writing style!
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July 11th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I really liked the sketch, as always it was brilliant.
I really don’t care about other watching me. I don’t have that much money someone would like to steal
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July 13th, 2009 at 1:11 am
Unheard of, wow. its amazing — i dont care if someone else sees me, its ok
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“In some cases, priceless family heirlooms have been sold at auction without the knowledge of the original owner.”
Oh my. I can’t imagine how the family would feel when they discover that their valuables which they have entrusted for safekeeping have been auctioned off. What can you do if such a thing happens?
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July 17th, 2009 at 10:39 am
u see, to steal- its our nature
for sure, we are not usually practicing it cause its a criminal
but how we can rid of it
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July 21st, 2009 at 11:56 pm
“…there is no law regulating how hard banks must try to contact the owners of “abandoned” safety deposit boxes, nor is there any punishment for not trying.”
It’s ironic to think that people find order in law and the government, yet we still have years before we can truly cover everything securely.
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July 22nd, 2009 at 4:15 am
“I don’t want to alarm anybody, but at this very moment, someone is trying to steal your money.”
These comics don’t exactly have the most detailed art, but they still manage to be the ones to stand out from other available comic content online.
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