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Safe Sales Booming Across The Country

August 26th, 2011

With the current state of the economy, it’s no wonder why many people are investing their money in high security safes. Many people are reconsidering where they store all their money and valuables. They’re stashing all their precious belongings into home safes, where they have access to it 24/7 without having to rely or drive to the bank. Others find it more convenient and efficient to be able to store their gold or jewelry safely at home without depending on a bank’s safety deposit box. The disadvantage to having a safety deposit box is that you don’t have access to it throughout the entire day and night. By having your own safe in the convenience of your own home, you can monitor and gain access to it anytime.

The economic situation of the country doesn’t look like it will improve anytime soon that people are making moves to secure their assets elsewhere. With the unpredictable and insecure financial market, that’s the reason most people are looking into stores or on the web for safes. Usually the country’s economic condition can play a large role in what people do with their possessions. As you’ve read in some of our blog posts, many people are desperate raiding or burglarizing homes and businesses because of how critical the country’s economy has been. This day and age, it’s very peculiar to see people storing their own valuables, but in times like this, it seems to be the better and safer way.

If you take a look at our previous post, you can see how common it is to have a home safe in Japan. The people of Japan find it a lot easier and suitable to secure their valuables at home. Even with Japan’s devastating natural disaster, many of the safe owners were able to retain their valuables after their safes were wiped out from the tsunami and lost after the earthquake. A safe can be a huge advantage in cases like this where they’re able to protect, secure and keep your valuable possessions intact even after a natural disaster.

Having your own home safe where you can store all your important documents can be a great investment that can last a lifetime. The one thing you have to keep in mind is that you invest in a high quality safe. If you’re going to store a large amount of cash, expensive jewelry, or simply want to keep sensitive documents such as passports or insurance information, then you need something that will provide the best possible protection.  Usually you want to place your safes in low-key areas of your home or ones that are built strong and heavy that they’re nearly impossible to remove. Most of the time, heavy-duty safes come with pre-drilled anchor holes that allow you to bolt the safe onto the ground.

The one thing you should remember before you invest in your own safe is to educate yourself on the different types of safes. Everyone wants the most affordable safe, but you also want the best protection that fits all your needs. Although bank officials have said that there isn’t any need to worry about your money in the bank since it is FDIC insured, some people simply want the full control over their own assets. Since then, sales of home security safes have increased significantly and should only continue to rise.

We have a full selection of safes available on our online store. We provide depository safes that are best fit for cash handling businesses. We carry hotel safes that are designed for compact and simple storage such as laptop computers, jewelry, cameras or other belongings for personal in room use. Those safes are perfect for college dorms, hospitals or for your home. If you are looking to store and secure your own firearms we have a wide assortment of gun safes built strong by the top manufacturers in the industry. We offer free shipping and no sales tax (except in California) on all safes. Start protecting and securing all your valuables now!

Source: http://www.kimt.com/content/localnews/iowanews/story/Safe-Sales-Up/1XTGV1BsCUq5wO8PMJTS7w.cspx

Over 90 Percent of Money Recovered Returned To Owners

August 23rd, 2011

In our previous blog posts, we have talked about the conditions and status of Japan recovering thousands of safes. Now there is an accurate estimate of what was recovered and the status of the safes. An estimated total of 5,700 safes were recovered and brought to the police in Iwate, Miyagi. This was a much more accurate number than what we discussed a few months ago. Between the months of March 11 and July 10, the safes contained a total of more than 2.37 billion yen, according to the National Police Agency.

The NPA also announced that from the total amount of money that was recovered, about 96 percent or 2.27 billion yen was returned to its owners. That is an astonishing number considering the amount of safes that were recovered. Most of the safes belonged to households and companies that were found by police in the three prefectures while searching for missing people. They also found and recovered safes while clearing up debris and the aftermath of the disaster.

In the three different prefectures, 2,420 safes were found in Miyagi, 2,370 in Iwate and 910 in Fukushima. Most safes were found near the coast when the country was hit by the March 11 tsunami. The police station in Iwate recovered 900 safes and the Ofunato Police Station recovered 840.

In Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture a safe that was recovered and contained the most money found, about 99 million yen, was then returned to the company that owned it. “Many of the safes seem to have belonged to fishermen and fisheries companies, who prefer cash transactions,” a senior police official said.

Considering the amount of safes that were recovered during the time, the three prefectures quickly ran out of space including garages and meeting rooms. Then by the end of March, the NPA decided it was time to open the safes in order to find the owners more quickly and efficiently. They found that many of the safes contained bankbooks, valuable stock certificates and real estate documents that effectively helped identify the owners of each safe. Other safes contained even valuable metals and gold bars.

Other than the safes, an estimated total of 1.3 billion yen was found from purses and bags with credit cards and other items that helped the police identify the owners. A senior official from the NPA estimated that more than 90 percent of recovered cash would be returned to its owners.

“There must be some safes that were stolen after the quake. But the fact that a hefty 2.3 billion yen in cash has been returned to its owners shows the high level of ethical awareness in the Japanese people,” Ryuji Ito, a professor at Yokohama City University, said. According to the Lost Property Law, ownership of an item will be given to the person who found it if the original owner does not claim the item within three months of it being reported found.

It’s been almost 2-3 months since we’ve heard any news regarding the recovering of safes in Japan. It’s amazing that over 90% of the recovered safes were returned to its rightful owners. It definitely shows the amount of integrity, honesty and ethical awareness that the Japanese people have for their community. In such a devastating disaster, there’s just no room for any other types of disasters to happen. In America, when disasters occur, sometimes criminal activity rises that often consists of looting. It’s humbling to know that a country such as Japan can come together to make sure everyone is back on his or her feet.

 

Source: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110816005138.htm

Large Amount of Safes & Valuables Found After Japan’s Natural Disaster

April 14th, 2011

Washed Up SafesJust a few days ago, off of Japan’s coast, safes were seen on shores after last month’s raging tsunami that swept anything caught in its way.  These safes were still intact, which in fact could hold a family’s life savings.  The police are now trying to figure out which safes they belong to.  Many families in the country, mostly the elderly, still stash their money in their home.  There is an estimated amount of $350 billion worth of yen.  The Japanese have a term for their hidden stash, which is “tansu yokin,” which means “wardrobe savings.”

After all the devastation and the washed up items, volunteers would cleanup the coastline in which they would separate the garbage from the valuable items.  Many of these items however are filled with cash and locked safes that belong to families.  The police task force is already stretched thin in trying to cleanup the mess caused by the tsunami.  Now they have the extra task of trying to manage the lost safes and valuables.

Noriyoshi Goto is the head of the Ofunato Police Department’s financial affairs that is in charge of the lost-and-found items.  He commented about all the lost items saying, “At first we put all the safes in the station, but then there were too many, so we had to move them.”  Goto didn’t have an accurate number of how many safes were actually collected by the department, but he did mention that there were about “several hundreds” with even more coming in.

The hardest task isn’t finding and identifying which of the lost safes they belong to. It’s finding the owners of the huge amount of cash found in unmarked envelopes, bags, boxes and furniture, which is nearly impossible. 67-year-old, Yasuo Kimura, one of the victims of the tsunami who lost his home in Onagawa and escaped with his 90-year-old father, is fortunate that he still has money in the bank.

Unfortunately, many of his friends went the other route in leaving their money at home.  As a former bank employee, Kimura said, “I spent my career trying to convince them to deposit their money in a bank. They always thought it was safer to keep it at home.”

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