I agree with you a safe just buy's you time. These guy's were professionals and came prepared to Cut open the safe. From memory this was a 500lb safe that I am certain the owner spent a boat load of money on. His biggest mistake was the fact that he put it in plane view of the front of his house.
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Originally Posted by Blown353
Ugh, that sucks. And I agree 100%-- given the current economic times and unemployment rates this sort of thing will only happen more often.
There is a big difference between what most people call a "safe" which is actually just an RSC (residential security container, a glorified sheetmetal box) and a TL-rated burglary resistant & rated safe.
99% of the people out there buy a "safe" (usually rated RSC or not rated at all) and expect it to be their end all, be all security solution-- that simply isn't the case. If they're spending under $4000 or so it's probably not going to be a "safe" and rather a RSC-rated storage container and they also probably have false exaggerated hopes of their newly acquired security.
Flipping an RSC onto the back makes it much easier to pry the doorframe open or beat on the corners with a sledgehammer to pop the welds-- I take it from your description that it wasn't properly anchored to the floor.
Safes buy you time-- that's all. The more you spend, the more time you get before it can be opened. Given enough time and tools you can get into anything. Buying a more expensive TL-rated safe just means more layers of security, thicker metal, a locking mechanism that can't be easily pushed open, etc, and it's harder to get into and will take more time. The more expensive TL-rated safes are quite effective at resisting "smash and grab" type of burglaries but against a experienced pro who has lots of time (or a guy who doesn't care about the contents and uses a torch or lance, in which case your contents will likely be ruined by the time he gets in) your stuff will still be gone.
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