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0 points1024core4y ago0 comments

> a passphrase in a safe deposit box are both pretty simple options

_If_ you can get a safe deposit box in your bank, that is. My local bank (Chase) is always sold out of boxes. Sure, you'll next say: change your bank. But the other one (BoA) is also out.

My point is, it's not such an easy option as you're making it out to be.

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sombremesa4y ago

Funnily enough my bank very recently made me sign an agreement which precluded me from subleasing my safe deposit box. Maybe this is the next arbitrage opportunity.

neilv4y ago

When I shopped for a local bank branch that had safe deposit boxes (maybe decade ago), one of the bankers told me a lot of banks and branches were trying to get rid of their boxes, and not wanting to include boxes in new branches.

I managed to get a box in the basement of the BofA in Harvard Square back then, and kinda wish I'd kept it, since I doubt I could get one today.

diveanon4y ago

Maybe stop going to big corporate banks?

I got one last week without any issue.

UncleMeat4y ago

Yeah I remember trying to open one in the bay area a while back. My local bank had a wait time of more than three years for a box.

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