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Medco cams I buy from the locksmith are to easy to pick

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Medco cams I buy from the locksmith are to easy to pick

Postby scrub » 21 Mar 2006 19:43

Why is it when I buy a high security lock from the locksmith it is so easy for any one to pick. All one has to do is walk a pick shaft across the pins two or three times and tug to the left the last pin and its open. This I feel the locksmith has it out for me to jeopradize my security. While other customers get tuff high security locks im paying something like $40.00 bucks a cam. I should just use masking tape to lock up.
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Postby n2oah » 21 Mar 2006 20:15

Here are some possibilities:
It's masterkeyed
It's not fully pinned
It has an easy combination
It has no sidebar
It is malfunctioning somehow
"Lockpicking is what robbing is all about!" says Jim King.
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Postby Omikron » 21 Mar 2006 21:15

n2oah wrote:Here are some possibilities:
It's masterkeyed
It's not fully pinned
It has an easy combination
It has no sidebar
It is malfunctioning somehow


Medeco camlocks only use a single sidebar, and no shear line. If there was no sidebar, the plug would spin freely. ;-)
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Postby n2oah » 21 Mar 2006 21:19

Omikron wrote:
n2oah wrote:Here are some possibilities:
It's masterkeyed
It's not fully pinned
It has an easy combination
It has no sidebar
It is malfunctioning somehow


Medeco camlocks only use a single sidebar, and no shear line. If there was no sidebar, the plug would spin freely. ;-)


I thought some older Medeco cams had a shearline. Silly me.
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Postby bembel » 21 Mar 2006 21:47

n2oah wrote:
Omikron wrote:
n2oah wrote:Here are some possibilities:
It's masterkeyed
It's not fully pinned
It has an easy combination
It has no sidebar
It is malfunctioning somehow


Medeco camlocks only use a single sidebar, and no shear line. If there was no sidebar, the plug would spin freely. ;-)


I thought some older Medeco cams had a shearline. Silly me.


Fullquotes are fun. :D

(Seriously: You guys really must have some memory problems) :P
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Postby Omikron » 21 Mar 2006 21:53

bembel wrote:
n2oah wrote:
Omikron wrote:
n2oah wrote:Here are some possibilities:
It's masterkeyed
It's not fully pinned
It has an easy combination
It has no sidebar
It is malfunctioning somehow


Medeco camlocks only use a single sidebar, and no shear line. If there was no sidebar, the plug would spin freely. ;-)


I thought some older Medeco cams had a shearline. Silly me.


Fullquotes are fun. :D

(Seriously: You guys really must have some memory problems) :P


I don't really have a memory problem. It's just a matter of practicality and courtesy. Often there are multiple discussions within the same thread, and that can become confusing. In order to minimize the confusion, I frequently will use full quotations in order to relate my post to the appropriate sub-topic within the thread. When used properly, the practice greatly increases the readability of a given thread and accelerates the comprehension of the thread content.

It could also be that I have bad memory... ;-)
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Postby bembel » 21 Mar 2006 22:30

No multiple discussions detected.
Also the readability didn't increase very much (more the opposite)

But enough complaints. Please forgive me for interruption. Back to topic! ;)
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Postby n2oah » 21 Mar 2006 22:32

bembel wrote:No multiple discussions detected.
Also the readability didn't increase very much (more the opposite)

But enough complaints. Please forgive me for interruption. Back to topic! ;)


Multiple discussions detected!!!!!!!! :lol:
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Postby bembel » 21 Mar 2006 23:36

n2oah wrote:
bembel wrote:No multiple discussions detected.
Also the readability didn't increase very much (more the opposite)

But enough complaints. Please forgive me for interruption. Back to topic! ;)


Multiple discussions detected!!!!!!!! :lol:


Got me. :D
Without fullquotes, we would be completely helpless now! ;)
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Re: Medco cams I buy from the locksmith are to easy to pick

Postby chrisjc33 » 23 Mar 2006 14:51

scrub wrote:Why is it when I buy a high security lock from the locksmith it is so easy for any one to pick.


Whats your home address? :lol:
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Re: Medco cams I buy from the locksmith are to easy to pick

Postby NKT » 24 Mar 2006 13:54

scrub wrote:Why is it when I buy a high security lock from the locksmith it is so easy for any one to pick.
He doesn't like you? Or you just got a crud profile...

...or you are a Troll.
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Re: Medco cams I buy from the locksmith are to easy to pick

Postby Bahrg » 24 Mar 2006 21:25

NKT wrote:
scrub wrote:Why is it when I buy a high security lock from the locksmith it is so easy for any one to pick.
He doesn't like you? Or you just got a crud profile...

...or you are a Troll.


I pick (a) and (c) :roll:
Cause if they catch you in the back seat
Trying to pick her locks,
They're gonna send you back to mother
In a cardboard box. (Gilmour, Waters)
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