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Come all ye Safe Crackers - AIBU to move without opening it?

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2017SoFarSoGood · 01/08/2017 17:52

Fool that I am, I chose AIBU for my first post. Eek! Here goes.

15 years ago we moved into our beautiful home. In the downstairs room (family room I guess) there is a large walk-in closet. In the back of that closet, to the right, there is another smaller closet, without a door. The bottom 3 feet is raised, and carpeted, oddly. Hardwood floors everywhere but there. DH poked around, and lo and behold: the raised floor (I shall draw a diagram if I this thread gets any interest - I know it is a prerequisite in circumstances such as these) lifts up! It is a carpet covered fake floor covering A LOCKED SAFE. A rather large, locked safe. Locked tight. It is built into the cupboard.

So here's my AIBU. Is it unreasonable to spend $500 or so to have a locksmith come crack it? We are preparing to sell up, and could find lots of other things to do with that money. We could leave it for the new owners to open, but where is the fun in that? On the other hand, what if it has even one thing of wonder (or value) locked inside?

Would you crack it?

Wou ld you take bets on what lives inside?

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Lostbeyondwords · 01/08/2017 18:56

I mean.... open it OP?

Rachie1986 · 01/08/2017 18:59

Yes could be gun safe?
Def open please.

Please don't leave and never tell us what happened (as happens in every thread I post on..(

Coloursthatweremyjoy · 01/08/2017 18:59

Nice diagram OP.

Open it!

2017SoFarSoGood · 01/08/2017 19:01

Ostentatious forgive me, I had no idea this would be a traumatic event, or I would have put a trigger warning Blush

Am at work so have asked DH to send pictures.

I swear I shall LTB if he dares to open it without me.

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Brittbugs80 · 01/08/2017 19:01

Please open it. Please share what's in there, please don't just disappear.

PLEASE!!

Thank you!

winewolfhowls · 01/08/2017 19:03

Well that diagram has certainly raised the bar for all future sketchers,well done op. Open the safe.

But it might have the tormented soul of an earthbound demon in it.
Or not.

Open the safe!

iloveredwine · 01/08/2017 19:03

sounds like a gun safe. I have one bolted into a cupboard as had to be bolted into concrete floor in a lockable cupboard

DreamingofItaly · 01/08/2017 19:07

From the dimensions I'd say gun safe too, but it's odd to carpet over it 🤔

Open it!!! Pleeeeaaaaasssseeee. Crosses fingers and hopes for awesome content

Youcanttaketheskyfromme · 01/08/2017 19:08

What happened on the previous thread ?

2017SoFarSoGood · 01/08/2017 19:09

I swear I have been around a good while under one name or another, and I will not disappear. I too have been driven mad by the abandoned thread.

You have convinced me. It shall be opened. I am a lover of puzzles though so may just quit my job and try a home cracking job myself. If not obviously working within a reasonable time I shall call in sick the professionals.

DH insists it holds a human head....

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Anecdoche · 01/08/2017 19:10

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thegoodnameshadgone · 01/08/2017 19:11

Are you opening it tonight Wine

pinkblink · 01/08/2017 19:12

I got far too invested in reading the guide on wiki 😂😂

TeenAndTween · 01/08/2017 19:13

i know there is no way someone moves out and leaves valuables in an undercounter safe

Ah, but if someone dies and the next of kin don't know about the safe, they could easily overlook it.

00100001 · 01/08/2017 19:13

If you don't come back OP I'm sending the MN ninjas after you.

Please please please please please please please please please please please please please open the safe

chitofftheshovel · 01/08/2017 19:13

Yes, open it. As soon as possible!

steff13 · 01/08/2017 19:13

I would have gone about opening it roughly 30 seconds after I found it. It wouldn't have even been a question! I can't believe you were able to resist.

lmer · 01/08/2017 19:14

Open it!!!

Holly6474 · 01/08/2017 19:16

Ooh this is exciting! Definitely open it!

Ecadia · 01/08/2017 19:17

Just going to placemarkWink

DorothyBastard · 01/08/2017 19:20

Placemarking

Fancyaruck · 01/08/2017 19:20

Tried drilling it? What does the locking mechanism look like?

Walkthroughthefire · 01/08/2017 19:21

Placemarking as my bookmark is not working

Pandainthemorning · 01/08/2017 19:23

Open it!

user1493841671 · 01/08/2017 19:25

Do it, do it, do it.
Oh how I'd love a house with a hidden room, cupboard or safe

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