beauanderos wrote:the bank manager sheepishly informed the man that a CIA agent was the culprit who cleaned out his supply of gold coins,
beauanderos wrote: Why take the chance?
beauanderos wrote:You can adapt the viewpoint that such warnings are alarmist, which may, in time, prove either to be naive or well-founded. Best case scenario, you have a secure spot to store items of high value. Worst case scenario, such "safe" deposit boxes are not safe at all. If you're correct to be concerned, then you inconvenience yourself in finding somewhere else to store what was held there. If such Patriot Act crap does develop, they can get others valuables, yours will already be gone.
While it may seem paranoid to imagine that such theft can occur, it is naive to imagine that it never would. I'd kick myself if I could have prevented the loss of $100,000 in metal, and did nothing to avert it, although I was aware that there was a remote chance that it could be taken. Why take the chance?
beauanderos wrote:ok, gotta admit... after having just read the link I posted... it kinda smacks of an urban myth.
beauanderos wrote:this is peripherally related... myth debunking http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/safedeposit.asp
algae21 wrote:The last time I actually went to open a box was a few years ago. I gave up and walked out in disgust. They had a federal form they wanted me to fill out.. No way.
Engineer wrote:algae21 wrote:The last time I actually went to open a box was a few years ago. I gave up and walked out in disgust. They had a federal form they wanted me to fill out.. No way.
That's a good argument for "private" storage facilities.
I've been tempted a few times to buy an old bank building to use as an office. Being able to rent out the former SDB's would be a nice income stream, and who wouldn't want their own vault?
tedandcam wrote:
My money is on Henrysmedford to be the first to post the appropriate text from Patriot Act.
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