Comments on: Keeping Your Stuff Safe

By: Suspect

Suspect — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:30:51 +0000

Be the most leery of your neighbors. Break ins generally occur by people who can watch your coming and goings. It may not be your friendly peer, but his son or daughter, or their friends. I had the personal experience of being pilfered by the brother of a friend who left his sneaker print on the window sill of a side window upon egress. Never tell even your closest friend or relative about your home safe or share great hiding areas, if you have them. People can unwittingly blab about what a great and creative idea so and so used for protecting their valuables to a friend who tells a friend, who……

Oh, and most psychopaths and are quite charming people, so if you think you can trust them , don’t. If you need to trust someone, you are probably better off finding yourself a cantankerous, ornery, curmudgeon of a neighbor with high ethics that likely doesn’t give a hoot about your “stuff”.

Trust no one.

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:42:33 +0000

This is one of the things I don’t get about people announcing their where abouts on Twitter or their blogs all the time. It seems like it would be too easy to find out someone isn’t home and then rob their house.

By: Dave Glass

Dave Glass — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:25:32 +0000

I prescribe to the old fashioned, “look I am at home approach”. Far too often our modern homes appear that there is never anyone at home. I have doors opened, I have bits and pieces laying around the yard. I am taking a risk, yes, but the risk is negligent when you consider most break ins do not occur when it appears that there is coming and goings in the house. Yes, there is a risk of an intruder whilst I am sitting at my computer, however, the likelihood is minimal.

By: Doyle Thelen

Doyle Thelen — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:26:25 +0000

Did it not occur to anyone of you that are reading about where to hide your important stuff that if you found this site then so can anyone else, including the people that could rob you? If you had a lot of books then that would be a good place to hide important papers but I wouldn’t hide any valuables in the places listed above because if you found this site, then so can robbers. Keep this in mind when you go to hide your valuables. If you have found a safe place to hide your valuables…DON’T POST IT ONLINE!!! Thank you.

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:45:33 +0000

I would have to agree with you about the shot gun or you could spend the money and learn to shot a pistol so that when you do have to use it you’ll be remembered as the person or lady in your case that not only has a gun but nows how to use it, because as much as a shot is easy to use, the barrel on the gun might be long and thats time away from raising it, cocking it, and pulling the triger but its alittle easyer with a hand gun.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:09:52 +0000

The one problem with the shotgun idea is that you would have to have it nearby at the time of break in because if the thief is strung out or just a senseless killer they are going to start shooting at the first thing that moves. From you or your spouse, child, etc.
And besides if the thief is in your home unarmed and you pull a shotgun and kill the intruder. You will face a manslaughter charge. The whole self defense thing only applies to texas.
So think about it before you all go and buy a shotgun.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:05:45 +0000

Just a thought – lesson from the squirrels and stories of contractors finding fortunes barricaded away in walls.

Remember where you hide stuff!

Might be a good idea to thing up some standard hiding places, then make a list of all the various hiding places and place the list in the off-site bank lock-box or other location.

Also, for Pete’s sake, tell your wife/husband/significant other where your hiding places are so they don’t sell/throw away the useless piece of junk you have $10,000 hidden in.

By: Positively Present

Positively Present — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:32:46 +0000

Great info here! I don’t really think about hiding my things all that often, but you’ve got me thinking! The only things I really care much about are things that I’ve written which I try to keep updated on a USB key that’s locked in a fireproof safe hiden in my closet… Now that I think about it though, isn’t a safe the first thing a theif would take… ?? Hmmmm… I doubt s/he would be too happy though when it was discovered that all I had to offer was a bunch of half-ass stories and a passport…haha.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:08:46 +0000

Don’t hide papers & money, fire will destroy things even in the best hiding places. Buy a good quality fireproof safe & bolt it down!

Stay away from the junk safes at department stores & office supply stores. While they might have a good fire rating, it will only slow down a thief a few extra minutes it takes to pry one open.

For good fire & theft protection get something from a safe dealer or a gun store. $500 will get you one that will do the job for most people.

By: Neal

Neal — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:09:50 +0000

“a good 20 or 12-gauge shotgun”… I like the sound of that. Great tips and a very helpful article.

By: Monica Ricci

Monica Ricci — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:34:20 +0000

Mark,
Those are all really good safety tips! And yes, it’s important to keep your “stuff” and your home as secure as possible. But your LIFE and the lives of your family are worth infinitely more than your stuff. Not to mention that many criminals these days are wacked out on drugs or are just SO brazen that they’ll bust through your door knowing full well that you’re AT HOME. To be prepared for that horrible (and hopefully unlikely) event, here’s my favorite safety tip: a good 20 or 12-gauge shotgun. Your life is worth the $250.