Safety deposit boxes at banks

Spitfire · Post by **Spitfire** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:11 pm

Well, have been considering getting one in the not so distant future, so would like to run it past the forum. Had a look through the back topics and failed to locate anything, so I'd like to ask:

-Does anyone have one, if so, are you satisfied?
-How much do they cost to maintain?
-Anything that is not advisable to put in there?
-Do the banks give insurance for what you put in?
-Anything you think is worth 'bringing up' that might 'slip past the radar' of a first time user?
-How quickly accessable is it?
-Any laws etc regarding foreigners having one?

I was thinking of things like land deeds, gold(not jewelry) etc.

Any comments welcome. A safe in the house sometimes has me worried, I remember Mr Terry's thread about it some time ago.

Post by **malcolminthemiddle** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:43 pm

No first hand experience but I do remember being told they are inexpensive but not readily available due to demand.

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:38 am

I also heard that they are as hard to get hold of as unicorn piss...

Post by **hhfarang** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:48 am

I also heard that they are as hard to get hold of as unicorn piss...

I think probably harder actually, I saw a unicorn pissing in my garden late last night while I was sitting on the balcony... mind you that was after several vodkas...

Post by **dtaai-maai** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:36 pm

hhfarang wrote:... mind you that was after several vodkas...

Even a unicorn needs to pee after a few vodkas.

Post by **hhfarang** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:50 pm

Point taken...

Spitfire · Post by **Spitfire** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:37 pm

Think this thread is a contender for the 'going off topic the quickest' award, 2nd post.

Quality,

Post by **PeteC** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:47 pm

Well, we could talk about alternatives. In some of the Thai neighborhoods here, they seal the water meter in concrete to stop meter thefts. It also stops the water authority from removing the meter for non-payment.

I guess you could do the same thing with a front door small safe at your house. Somewhere on the ground floor, under the steps or similar, seal it in a block with just the door facing open. They would then need to do a lot of smashing to get into it rather than remove it.

Another trick I've heard from Thai's is to hide things in your children's bedroom and closets. Apparently they never look in a child's room...until they read this post!

Pete

Post by **hhfarang** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:31 pm

... Or you could get a unicorn to guard your valuables...

Post by **2dandan** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:28 am

I think the answer is ..... we don't know.

Post by **hhfarang** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:26 am

Well, we could talk about alternatives. In some of the Thai neighborhoods here, they seal the water meter in concrete to stop meter thefts. It also stops the water authority from removing the meter for non-payment. Shocked I guess you could do the same thing with a front door small safe at your house. Somewhere on the ground floor, under the steps or similar, seal it in a block with just the door facing open. They would then need to do a lot of smashing to get into it rather than remove it.

On the alternatives, we bought one of those small "hotel room" type of safes at Home Pro. The one we bought (I think they all have this) came with a hole in the back wall of it and in the floor of it and the required hardware (large screws and anchors) to bolt it to a wall or the floor or both in the case where it is backed up against a wall and sitting on the floor. Since the screw heads are inside the safe and the safe will be flush with the wall and/or floor, this seems to be a pretty good deterrent to stealing the entire safe (which was what I was worried about when I went looking at them).