How to Hide Your Valuables and Money from a Burglar

Thinking about buying a safe to store your valuables and big wads of cash? If you have big wads of cash to stash nowadays, congratulations. You’re probably some kind of big time corporate exec. Most people have less money now to stash away. Therefore, most people considering the purchase of a safe should probably put that money to better use. The thing is, while safes are pretty safe, they are also burglar magnets. If a burglar gets wind that there is a safe in your house, you’ve just increased your chances of being robbed. Maybe he’ll be successful in breaking into it and maybe he won’t; chances are if he isn’t, he’ll just take whatever else is handy like your stereo or TV.

A wall safe may be a secure place to hide money and valuables, but it’s not the best place. Especially if you don’t have a nifty little security system to go with it. There are places you can hide your cash and jewelry and the like that won’t cost nearly as much money as a wall safe, but will provide you with almost as much practical protection.

Okay, first off, the places where not to hide your valuables. Forget inside your drawers. A smart burglar will ransack any drawers you have, including pulling them out and looking to see if you taped anything on the underside. Sure it sounds clever, but it’s not original. It may be convenient for you to keep your jewelry in your bedroom, but the problem is that it’s also convenient for the burglar. The bedroom is likely the first place he’ll head.

Now for the act of hiding your valuables. Do you have an old computer monitor or television lying around? Do you have an attic or a cluttered spare room? Dissect the insides of the monitor or TV and store your money or keepsakes inside. A cruddy old monitor or TV that looks like a piece of junk you just haven’t gotten around to tossing out is a perfect hiding place. In the first place, most burglars won’t take the time to examine it carefully and in the second place they won’t steal it because they know it won’t bring them much money.