patrick_y
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$100,000 HKD isn't a lot of money...
That's terrible and extreme negligence on the bank!
It seems a large percentage of these problems happen during moves and renovations. One bank employee told me they were doing repairs to the wall behind the deposit boxes and when they moved the boxes, during the tipping required to move the column of boxes one door hinge failed. Needless to say the interior sliding box slid out and crashed onto the floor.
The old saying is true! "Just goes to show, anything can happen..."
PuristSPro Advice: Don't Blindly Trust Your Bank Safe Deposit Box!
Your safe deposit box at your bank may not be as secure as you think! Moderator Patrick_y shares some unscrupulous bank practices and accidents that happen to safe deposit boxes, along with recommendations and advice on how you can better prevent and prot...
Thank you
It is good advice in deed my friend, actually the same thing happened in a Hong kong local bank about 10 years ago. Deposit boxes filled with clients belongings were accidentally removed and trashed into a local landfill because of "One BIG renovation mis...
$100,000 HKD isn't a lot of money...
That's terrible and extreme negligence on the bank! It seems a large percentage of these problems happen during moves and renovations. One bank employee told me they were doing repairs to the wall behind the deposit boxes and when they moved the boxes, du...
I have ground hogs and moles... I hope they don't eat the insurance papers and wear my watches!
Hmm, would I prefer a bank to lose my belongings or a ground hog and/or mole to eat them. Both sides look bad!
Lol good one XD just make sure your rub your titanium safe box with Wazabi and chillis :)
only then your box can be ground hog, mole and dog proof XD
It's really small and really heavy!
And it's definitely a beautiful safe! I've seen a few and I'd love to have one!
Same thing goes, in general, for any offsite storage
You should check the mini-storage warehouse, because the operators always want a set of key for fire / emergency reasons. And we often leave things so long we can't remember where they are. Here's my friend Kelley after finding a long-lost item of furnitu...
Jeez louise!
What a story! Can't trust anyone! Imagine that roller coaster with your heart sinking. Thank goodness everything was still there. I heard of once a person's car was towed out of his own parking space. Apparently he parked in his parking space with his com...
I have a bank story...
When I lived in LA I decided to make an after hours deposit at a local branch on a Friday evening... it turned out to be the weekend that that branch was closing and my deposit went missing... they eventually found the envelope in a waste basket... but no...
The camera company you were writing bad checks to probably knew it was an honest mistake...
Joking above of course. That's not good. They should lock the deposit box closed if they're closing so they can't take any more deposits! Negligence again. Funny thing is that when we make a mistake, the bank fines us by charging mistake fees. But when th...
"fairness" what a quaint thought...
to be 'fair' the bank reversed the overdraft charges ; )
You're welcome!
I hope nothing happens to you, but now you know how to prepare yourself if it does happen. Shame about what happened to the people in the news. Just terrible.
