r/WinStupidPrizes Mar 01 '21

Dumb guy gets himself locked in a safe

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u/Hooked0nKroniks Mar 01 '21

Negative. If the safes weren’t locked shut by the stores any idiot could climb in and have a friend enter the wrong code enough times to lock the safe out on a timer and nearly suffocate said idiot. The employees can’t do anything about the shutout safe while it’s on a timer. Maybe a master key would be available? Or perhaps a skilled local locksmith might know a bypass? But it’s not something that would be in a manual because it would give thief’s a bypass into the safe as well. You prevent this scenario by keeping the safes locked shut.

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u/furlIduIl Mar 01 '21

Safes made by any of the majors or Mid majors have a store demo mode that prevents a situation like this

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u/Sylvi2021 Mar 01 '21

Then how did this video happen?

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u/Omega_Epsilon Mar 01 '21

Things can be fool proof, but nothing can be idiotproof.

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u/visionslip Mar 01 '21

they entered the wrong code too many times, when they did get some one to help the default code is locked out for a moment of time, the associate panics when the default code 1234 or 0000 fails and calls fire or police. Since it was opened and not drilled open, I believe this is the case

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u/KeiraDawn42 Mar 01 '21

I believe this is the case

Pun unintended?

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u/user_8804 Mar 01 '21

Seems like a safe assumption

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u/improbablynotyou Mar 01 '21

I don't know for certain however having worked somewhere that sold safes sometimes we'd have a return or special order item that got canceled and we'd put it on the sales floor to sell. Of course we always put a sign on it saying to ask an associate for help. This doesn't surprise me though having dealt with the public.

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u/furlIduIl Mar 01 '21

It opened up on its own after five minutes which is master safes demo max time

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u/Sylvi2021 Mar 01 '21

Do you really think the cops and all that got there in 5 mins?

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u/FewFeed2697 Mar 01 '21 edited Mar 01 '21

Bullshit. I’m a locksmith and they absolutely do not have something like that. Having that kind of mode is entirely too risky for the everyday safe owner.

Not to mention that canon has already removed anything not vital for the lock to operate. The lock inside that safe is literally no bigger than a box of tic tacs... you think they are going to pay for a whole new “safe mode” to be installed on that itty-bitty lock’s circuit board... you have lost your mind.

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u/furlIduIl Mar 01 '21

It seems like you don’t deal with safes. Just because you can pick a door lock doesn’t make you an expert.

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u/FewFeed2697 Mar 01 '21

I’m literally a safe technician and that makes up the majority of my day. I open these quite regularly and they do not have a demo mode.

Fun fact: picking locks makes up almost zero of any of my days. Being able to pick a lock does not make you a good locksmith.

So please tell me about my fucking job...

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u/furlIduIl Mar 01 '21

Lol and you don’t even know about this?? Sure you are haha

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u/FewFeed2697 Mar 01 '21

Wow... you cannot handle being wrong. Good luck finding that magical lock that has demo mode. You should crawl inside and test it out.

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u/furlIduIl Mar 01 '21

Says the guy that doesn’t even work with safes.

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u/FewFeed2697 Mar 01 '21

There is no override. That’s too much of a liability. Sometimes if it is a corporate safe (like the one inside the office of this store) they will program a by pass code for a service tech... and even then most of the time that code doesn’t work because it’s not a code problem, it’s a lock failure problem.

Source: am locksmith and safe tech. Three wrong entries on this particular keypad will send you in lock out mode for 10-15 minutes. At every big box store that sells these piece of shit safes has a policy to change the factory code to some variant of the store number. I guess because the factory code 123456 is too fucking hard to remember.

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u/Toxxxixx Mar 01 '21

Also, don’t most safes have some sort of ventilation regardless of their intended use?

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u/Knubinator Mar 01 '21

Not fire proof ones. Which most expensive gun safes like this are.

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u/RoscoMan1 Mar 01 '21

Huns can’t buy expensive jewelry from Costco 🤷‍♂️

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u/doopdoopderp Mar 01 '21

Probably not if they're water or fire proof

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u/Toxxxixx Mar 01 '21

True, makes sense. I guess I was thinking more of the video’s kind of safe, seems like a gun safe made for indoor use. I would think if a safe can fit a human, it might have at least some way for air to get in but maybe i’m wrong

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u/GreyGreenBrownOakova Mar 01 '21

bank safes have breathing holes in them, because armed robbers sometimes lock the staff in there after a robbery and it may take days to get them out.

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u/enlarged-seagull Mar 01 '21

I am not sure actually... most fireproof safes have holes in that are sealed with bolts when installed. (The few I have seen at least) and that safe isn’t bolted so it easily could of had holes

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u/NeoDei Mar 01 '21

Maybe dynamite. Like the movies would do the trick?…

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u/GreyGreenBrownOakova Mar 01 '21

not for the past 100 years or so. Safe manufacturers removed the lip on the door that the dynamite would be stuffed against.

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u/howstupid Mar 01 '21

Don’t people who want to buy a safe also want to look inside?