Personal Safety

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Will a sigsauer open the safe if I forget the combination?

No but it will help a home invasion robbery crew convince you, your wife and your children to open the safe: once they overpower you and get hold of one of the guns, they just put the muzzle to the nearest skull and you open the safe for them.

A safe deposit box for the hard to replace stuff is the way to go. Yeah, it is kind of like visiting your cards in jail, but that's the trade-off. The stuff that can be replaced easily, just insure it and don't sweat it. It's just stuff. If someone breaks in and steals those cards, my insurer pays for them. Or refuses to pay and then eventually pays for my new house with the bad faith judgment I'll nail them for. I'm flexible on that point

[packs]

I'm going out on a limb here but my guess is that if some home invader forced his way into my house because he heard I have a safe, he's probably going to be pretty disappointed when he sees its full of baseball cards.

[samosa4u]

It looks like some of you folks on here have been watching too many Clint Eastwood movies lately! If somebody does break into your home, chances are it will probably be empty. Majority of thieves out there do not want any confrontations. In other words, they want to go in, take the stuff, and go out.

Originally Posted by kailes2872

The joy that i receive my from my collection is looking at it, touching it, smelling it, showing it to friends.

That's a problem right there. When you show off your collection to your friends, then they are going to go out there and tell others (and then those people will tell others). Do you want 200 people to know that you own a valuable collection? Best thing to do is never share it with anyone except for a few very close family members. I always show my cards to my mother.

[Snapolit1]

It kind of sucks, but I hesitate sharing with many people for that reason. Don't want to be at a party someday and hear from some dude who heard from someone who heard that I possibly have x, y, and z. "Oh, your into cards. You know who else is....."

Originally Posted by samosa4u

It looks like some of you folks on here have been watching too many Clint Eastwood movies lately! If somebody does break into your home, chances are it will probably be empty. Majority of thieves out there do not want any confrontations. In other words, they want to go in, take the stuff, and go out.



That's a problem right there. When you show off your collection to your friends, then they are going to go out there and tell others (and then those people will tell others). Do you want 200 people to know that you own a valuable collection? Best thing to do is never share it with anyone except for a few very close family members. I always show my cards to my mother.

[Leon]

I think they would just pay you, Adam. No one wants a bad faith judgment lawsuit against them!!
I will reiterate how stress free having a bank safe deposit box is.

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

No but it will help a home invasion robbery crew convince you, your wife and your children to open the safe: once they overpower you and get hold of one of the guns, they just put the muzzle to the nearest skull and you open the safe for them.

A safe deposit box for the hard to replace stuff is the way to go. Yeah, it is kind of like visiting your cards in jail, but that's the trade-off. The stuff that can be replaced easily, just insure it and don't sweat it. It's just stuff. If someone breaks in and steals those cards, my insurer pays for them. Or refuses to pay and then eventually pays for my new house with the bad faith judgment I'll nail them for. I'm flexible on that point