Horological Meandering

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...  

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... 

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... 

Hmm, would I prefer a bank to lose my belongings or a ground hog and/or mole to eat them. Both sides look bad!

only then your box can be ground hog, mole and dog proof XD

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And it's definitely a beautiful safe! I've seen a few and I'd love to have one!

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...  

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... 

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... 

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... 

to be 'fair' the bank reversed the overdraft charges ; )

some great points you raised Cheers Robin

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.