One of my favorite movies is "The Bank Job," which is supposedly a
true story about the same kind of thing in Great Britain in 1971 or
so. Towards the end, the main character, one of the thieves, is asked
where he'll keep his share of the loot and he says "it sure won't be
in a safe deposit box."
seedub49 wrote:
>Not sure if you heard (since the news has seemed strangely quiet about this), but 24/7 Private Vaults was broken into over the weekend. If you google it, you'll find news articles on it, but I think it strange that the first articles didn't show up until 3 or 4 days after the fact.
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>I went in and was told that only the VIP vault was broken into so if your box was in the main vault, you got lucky. If you had a box in the VIP vault, I feel for you and hope yours didn't get hit.
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>You can stop by or call between 10 am and 4 pm to see if your items were stolen. Strangely if you call after 4 pm they won't tell you whether you are a victim or not. Makes for a miserable night sans sleep if you don't hear about the burglary until after 4.
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>While the video they show you to sell a box says that there are two security guards on duty at all times (and supposedly stationed in different monitoring rooms), it seems evident from the news articles that there was only one. Sadly, it seems the place was a good idea poorly executed.
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>Speaking of execution. I wonder how long before the thieves are caught by some of the less-forgiving victims. Honestly I think you would have to be an idiot to steal what is likely eight figures from people who have that kind of money and need it stored anonymously. Even if one of them doesn't track you down, you've certainly made yourself a target of other criminals who might have access to that grapevine and wouldn't mind getting a piece of that heist.
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>I hope no one here was affected, but I think there undoubtably are a few.
