Fella's;
Here's another way to look at it. I can use card stock, scissors, tape, a bent pin, and stick something together that superficially looks like a 'safe'. I can legally sell it to you as a 'safe'. Not much protection there, but hey, caveat an' all that.
I can also make one out of the thinnest sheet metal I think will get by the inspection of average Joe, and paint it nicely, put a decal of an elk on the door, sell it to a price point, call it a safe and sell it to Joe also.
Or, I can use plate steel, insulate it to stand a total loss home fire, get my costs up & sell for less margin than the competition because of the realities of the market, and still call it a safe.
You, as the average Joe, can buy what you want. The question is, can you get the protection you want?
What a1abdj & I do here is mostly educational. Nonetheless, we do catch flak for it. Not that kibitzing from the peanut gallery is going to make me, and a1abdj also I think, stop attempting to educate. It does amuse me though that somebody takes me to task for pointing out the realities of the 'safe' game. Not all ostriches live in Africa & have feathers.
900F
Here's another way to look at it. I can use card stock, scissors, tape, a bent pin, and stick something together that superficially looks like a 'safe'. I can legally sell it to you as a 'safe'. Not much protection there, but hey, caveat an' all that.
I can also make one out of the thinnest sheet metal I think will get by the inspection of average Joe, and paint it nicely, put a decal of an elk on the door, sell it to a price point, call it a safe and sell it to Joe also.
Or, I can use plate steel, insulate it to stand a total loss home fire, get my costs up & sell for less margin than the competition because of the realities of the market, and still call it a safe.
You, as the average Joe, can buy what you want. The question is, can you get the protection you want?
What a1abdj & I do here is mostly educational. Nonetheless, we do catch flak for it. Not that kibitzing from the peanut gallery is going to make me, and a1abdj also I think, stop attempting to educate. It does amuse me though that somebody takes me to task for pointing out the realities of the 'safe' game. Not all ostriches live in Africa & have feathers.
900F