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by arlo » 26 Apr 2006 21:03
Hello,
this is my first post and I would liek to get into the art of lockpicking. I was wondering about the privacy of companies such as lockpickshop.com ...mostly just how they send their picks. are we tlaking a plain brown box, or a novelty lock shaped box with pick written all over it? thanks!
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by datagram » 26 Apr 2006 21:04
Its just a normal brown box, of course they don't send it as AUTOMOTIVE CAR LOCKPICKING SET on the front, so don't worry about that.
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by arlo » 26 Apr 2006 21:49
oh and the return address...does it say lockpickshop ?
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by datagram » 26 Apr 2006 22:28
I don't remember...
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by eric343 » 26 Apr 2006 23:17
I believe lockpicks.com uses Brockhage on their return address. I'm not sure, though.
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by quicklocks » 27 Apr 2006 2:34
ok why are you so jumpy about this ???
are you buying stuff you shouldnt eg customs, parents or prison gaurds???

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by lockedin » 27 Apr 2006 4:06
If it is something smaller it will not come in a box, but in a padded manila envelope. I base this on my experience with lockpicks.com and southord.com; they've proven themselves to be discreet. Think about it this way-- it is in their best interest to be discreet to retain customers and encourage repeat purchases.
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by mh » 27 Apr 2006 5:33
I received an international delivery from www.lockpickshop.com (the company with the "lp101" discount code),
in an envelope, marked for customs as "stainless tools", return address looked like a private sender (a small sticker with the name & address of a person).
Very nice, no problems at all with customs or nosy letter carriers.
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by Fogmeister » 27 Apr 2006 6:01
I got a set from locksmith-tool.co.uk and the return address was the company they used to take the payment from me, not their own company name.
It came in a small padded envelope with no mention of what was inside it.
TBH it's probably in their interest NOT to put anything on it.
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by Mr. Lock Pick » 29 Apr 2006 14:49
ive never ordered yet so i wouldnt know
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by Shrub » 29 Apr 2006 17:22
Mr Lock Pick, are you intentioally spamming threads today or is it just coincidence.
If youve nothing to help its not good forum manners to still post one liners on every thread that mean nothing.
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by mjsotelo91 » 29 Apr 2006 17:41
ok why are you so jumpy about this ??? are you buying stuff you shouldnt eg customs, parents or prison gaurds??? Laughing
ya why are u so jumpy about this lol
a pick is only as good as its user
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by arlo » 30 Apr 2006 14:58
quicklocks wrote:ok why are you so jumpy about this ??? are you buying stuff you shouldnt eg customs, parents or prison gaurds??? 
all of the above
well actually a nosy roommate.
ok, well thanks to all for the help. well except that one spammer 
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by jordyh » 30 Apr 2006 15:06
I love the slogan that the dutch royal mailservice once used, telling us how trustworthy they are: "post is private".
Yours,
Jordy
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by David Swearingen » 15 Aug 2006 14:12
As "lockedin" pointed out, it is indeed in these shippers' best interest to be discreet...not only for the reasons he mentioned, but also because packages tend to be stolen in transist when they look like the contents are particularly interesting. I used to be a major collector of railroad locks and keys, and one of my main suppliers got a lot of complaints about lost packages when he used the name "Antiques and Artifacts" in his return address. Back when I worked for Best Lock Corp. and talked regularly to Rick Case, the Loss Prevention Manager at UPS, he said that they were constantly dealing with shippers about this, particularly gun dealers, because an extremely high percentage of guns disappeared from UPS shipments.
We are all born as originals. Why do so many of us die as copies?
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