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shredding lots of old statements/docs

I've got a couple of boxes of old brokerage statements going back to the

1980's. I'd like to get rid of them all, and go paperless, since I use Quicken to monitor the accounts, and the paper PDF images are avail online if I need them.

Anyway - last time I had this urge to purge my old banking statements, it took me all afternoon and a fireplace :)

Any other suggestions for this massive amount of paper ? I wish there was a "consumer" level shredding service - like at Office Depot or Kinko's - but you'd have to be sure it really got done.....

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ps56k
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Just yesterday there was an article in the paper about a local firm that was putting in shredder vending machines into supermarkets and such. Can't remember the charge/sheet, but it was nominal.

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Just thought of it, what if the whole thing was a scam to get your info? Like the false front ATMs. Generate a little grinding noise, show the same shredded mess of paper over and over through a window, and reap the harvest. What a deal, have the sucker pay you to rip him off!

Chip

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Chip

There are firms such as "Shredd-It" that will pick up your stuff and shred it while you watch or alternately you can take your stuff to their place and watch. Look in the yellow pages under "Document Destruction" or something similar. Ask your bank or hospital who they use. Some of these outfits are "Dept of Defense" certified.

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Avrum Lapin

You can buy a paper shredder for $30.00.

-- Ron

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Ron Peterson

DUH - I have a consumer shredder - does maybe 5 pages at a time...

Maybe you missed the point of having several banker boxes worth of statements ?

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ps56k

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yup - same need and idea -

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ps56k

My credit union has a once a year shredding event - a big truck rolls up and takes any member's shredding, and shreds it on the spot. The best thing the C.U. has ever done.

You might ask your bank/credit union or your brokerage for a similar courtesy for you, since you are such a good customer. Of course you are. They keep saying they are such a good vendor, why can't you tell them you are such a good customer?

regarding downloading PDFs. I suggest you do so now, before they go away or are available only for a charge. Murphy's Law, you know . . .

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inky dink

I think that is more for a business client - on a regular basis - BUT - I'll call around and see what the various places offer for a "consumer situation".

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ps56k

A standard metal trash can, and match will take care of this. Of course you don't want to do this on a windy day. Joe

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