Comments on: Don’t Hide Money In The Toilet: More Conversation With A Burglar

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:27:30 +0000

Paranoid! Why would you keep them there! You would easily be able to see the gold of the jewellrey through the wax of the candle! Why live in fear of being burgled?

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:50:20 +0000

How about owning two or three of those executive protection German Shepherd Dog that inally have a chance to try out their exercises they learned at school. The kind of dogs that like to howl at the moon and walk around like they are King of the house so I think they are just waiting for that one moment to pounce on some bad guy so they can get a doggy bone to chew on How about letting berry bushes take over your yard and get some old jeeps parked in the front and back yard… and get an alarm , don’t forget the man eating venus fly trap plant
dog bowl that says Killer on it ! Seriously when I was going though a divorce and had live alone I had all this materilistic crap in my house so I had this crazy idea I let the berry bushes grow big and tall in the back yard I let my exhusband park three or four jeeps in the yard he like to work on them …and when the new guy I was dating saw my house he laughed! He goes it looks like ten guys live there with dogs, and guns! The inside of the house was beautiful all remodeled and when it was time to sell house the landscapers came cleaned it up, the jeeps went away and threw some new paint on the house and I sold the house in ONE day I kid you not and I moved the hell out of there. Can the outside of a house deter bad guys maybe..

By: Kyti

Kyti — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:10:02 +0000

Found the previous article while searching for info on a noise my breaker box made. Though it didn’t pertain to my noise issue, I found the info helpful! when I was younger, I hide stuff I didn’t want my parents finding under the bottom drawers of my desk & dressers, if it was money, in an envelope taped under posterbord i’d cut the size of the drawer. Older now, when we have overnight guests, I put my valuables in the pockets of jeans, pants or any garment I can zip or button the pockets on & hang them in my closet. I even try to make sure the garment is far far from current fashion so it wont be taken with my valuables stashed in the pockets.

By: jj

jj — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:22:41 +0000

My advice is the same with valuables as well as password lists, wallets in pockets, etc.; provide exactly what the thief expects to find in the expected place as a decoy. Keep the real stuff and info in an unusual place.

When I travel in rougher countries I actually have my old nonfunctioning cell phone in my front pocket, old credit cards, and 40 bucks in a wallet in my back pocket. Even if I were to be robbed I would just hand it over. My long term traveling stash of cash is in under the pad inside my shoe -very comfortable. My credit card that I hand to waiters has a three digit security code; but it is not the reight one.

By: Sheshe

Sheshe — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:18:54 +0000

In our kitchen drawer we have a locked cash box that says “emergency cash” on it. It’s filled with newspaper cut like dollar bills and a couple bus tokens as “change”. It was stolen once (must be somebody we know, no sign of forced entry + we have alarm system).

The thief thought he hit jackpot and left without trashing the place or getting any real valuables. Wish I could have seein his face when he got his “booby prize”!

By: martin

martin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:29:08 +0000

I found this article very interesting and thank you for sharing this but i never have enough money in the house to worry about hiding it

By: Enzo

Enzo — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:22:39 +0000

Our home was burglarized, the cop said he speaks with burgers he arrests all the time. They hate big dogs, surveillance cameras, alarms, alarm decals/signs. You can fortify you closet door where it would take 30 min to get through they sell the kits online. Most want to be in and out in 5-10 min. We did that, if they spend the time to get past the alarm, our security closet they will encounter the safe bolted down. We put our cameras, laptop and valuables there every time we leave. If they come while we are home and try to rob, no problem they will face shotgun and 9mm and I would love to test them out. Also our surveillance monitor is inside a safe like box bolted down in the attic. Remember nothing is full-proof.

By: Lea La

Lea La — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:50:43 +0000

where do you hide a very large volt where it wont be found, walls outside?

By: @Nead Digger

@Nead Digger — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:09:18 +0000

Yea, good idea. Small Pox definitely wasn’t eradicated years ago.

By: J in LosAngeles

J in LosAngeles — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:43:32 +0000

You might have a variety of firearms, it will do you little or no good.
Thieves are not paratroopers. They are not brave people and will not wish a confrontation.
When you are gone they will steal your firearms too.
A good electronic security system is your best bet.
If you can’t afford a security system, get security window decals from the security company. They generally just give them to you.
The thieve won’t know and he will go somewhere else.
Not a guarantee but it is infinitely better than doing nothing.