The Safecracker's Concern

As a safecracker, I've come across many various reasons for the need to open someone's locked safe for them. Whether it's malfunction or lost combination, there are numerous reasons for the need of my services.

But one in particular has me a little concerned lately. More and more over the past few years I've witnessed a true decline in the quality manufacturing of safe locks, and especially the electronic safe locks from the major manufacturers worldwide. And if I had a Spiderman superhero suit underneath my clothes or hanging in my closet or even at the Dry Cleaners, I would probably start to feel the spidey-senses tingling that there is a computer microchip manufacturer somewhere out there making seriously inferior microchips because for the past few years I don't have enough fingers and toes to count the number of times I've had to drill open a safe with an electronic lock on it when it malfunctions and will not accept codes or input on the keypad.

Electronic Safe Locks have been in the marketplace since the late 1990s. They've always been fairly reliable with the odd exception, but lately the calls just keep coming in one after another with yet another safe lock-out with a digital keypad on it.

In one way I really don't mind because it certainly helps keep the wolves away from the door, but I almost feel guilty like I'm taking away candy from babies. If I was smart I would advise these corporations of their impending doom with their product lines and become part of the solution instead of allowing it to remain a problem. Do I say anything? Or do I just put my rose-colored glasses on and stroll through life minding my own damn business...

Oh wait, I am minding my own business...the business of bypassing all these failing electronic safe locks with microchips that crap out way too easy or quickly, I cannot tell which...probably a little bit of both I suppose. This is my business. Do I stay sshhh and not say anything to generate some extra revenue? Or do I save the corporations from losing revenue by advising they investigate the issues for quick resolutions?

Why help these corporations when at one time they all told me that an electronic safe lock could not be done on a floor safe. Two weeks later I sent them photos of the floor safe I had with the retrofitted electronic safe lock installed on it. I was even offered a fair-sized amount for the design, but why sell the design when they say it can't be done?

They're the ones who are supposed to be the professionals...I'm sure they'll figure it all out one day.

In the meantime, I'll take the extra cha-ching all the way to the bank. With thanks!