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TSA Locks Useless

PostPosted: 13 May 2008, 02:22
by Decker

PostPosted: 13 May 2008, 02:32
by andrew.m.wright
Oh if only I'd seen this last September when my Aunty lost the key to her suitcase! I had to get the hotel to saw through the padlock after she's left the key at home [:#]

That after I'd given up trying to buy a pair of bolt cutters in NYC on a Friday night!

Genius pure genius [:D]

Thank goodness I have a hard Samsonite case with no zips [y]

PostPosted: 13 May 2008, 02:32
by andrew.m.wright
Oh if only I'd seen this last September when my Aunty lost the key to her suitcase! I had to get the hotel to saw through the padlock after she's left the key at home [:#]

That after I'd given up trying to buy a pair of bolt cutters in NYC on a Friday night!

Genius pure genius [:D]

Thank goodness I have a hard Samsonite case with no zips [y]

PostPosted: 13 May 2008, 10:29
by Bazz
If ever there was a reason not to buy a zipper case that has to be it! Thanks for the link.

PostPosted: 13 May 2008, 10:29
by Bazz
If ever there was a reason not to buy a zipper case that has to be it! Thanks for the link.

PostPosted: 13 May 2008, 12:47
by jaguarpig
So thats how my Concorde travel clock disappeared from my locked roller in a Boston hotel room.

PostPosted: 13 May 2008, 12:47
by jaguarpig
So thats how my Concorde travel clock disappeared from my locked roller in a Boston hotel room.

PostPosted: 13 May 2008, 17:08
by VS-EWR
I kind of doubt the claim that it can be perfectly re-closed. From my experience, once a zipper gets screwed up like that you're never going to have a perfect seal.

PostPosted: 13 May 2008, 17:08
by VS-EWR
I kind of doubt the claim that it can be perfectly re-closed. From my experience, once a zipper gets screwed up like that you're never going to have a perfect seal.

PostPosted: 13 May 2008, 23:27
by Scarlet46
Bloody Hell!!
and I thought my little locked case was ever so secure
may as well not put a lock on
Scarlet x[:(!]

PostPosted: 13 May 2008, 23:27
by Scarlet46
Bloody Hell!!
and I thought my little locked case was ever so secure
may as well not put a lock on
Scarlet x[:(!]

PostPosted: 14 May 2008, 17:45
by stars
I love how the video shows him taking a camera out of the suitcase. It's like a 'how to' manual for thieves.

PostPosted: 14 May 2008, 17:45
by stars
I love how the video shows him taking a camera out of the suitcase. It's like a 'how to' manual for thieves.

PostPosted: 23 May 2008, 01:44
by esf666
does this seriously come as a surprise to anyone? i'd have thought any genuine 'frequent' flyers would have enough common sense not to rely on cases secured with zips, in which case a TSA lock is still usefull as you can leave your case unlocked but still lock the TSA knowing that you still have a bit of security against the blatant opportunist South American / Illegal working in the US baggage despatch dept.

PostPosted: 23 May 2008, 01:44
by esf666
does this seriously come as a surprise to anyone? i'd have thought any genuine 'frequent' flyers would have enough common sense not to rely on cases secured with zips, in which case a TSA lock is still usefull as you can leave your case unlocked but still lock the TSA knowing that you still have a bit of security against the blatant opportunist South American / Illegal working in the US baggage despatch dept.