Retired Business Man Gets $7,200 Lesson

Hey folks,

If you're not 100% convinced there are people looking through your trash... you NEED to read this...

Allen, a successful but now retired businessman came down to our facility just this morning to get four boxes of documents shredded. Allen shreds everything now, but that was not always the case…

When Allen sold his house a few years ago he had a few items to get shredded… and because we all know what a royal "pain-in-the-ass" those little shredders are… he decided to just throw his papers (including old canceled checks) right into the trash.

… within two and a half months, Allen was contacted by his CPA notifying him that the business checking account was hit for $42,000 and he was in danger of bouncing checks!

Not only was money missing, but having to explain everything to his kids who now run the business is the last thing someone who’s worked for so hard for 50 years wants to do. Especially when all he really wants to do is hit the golf course.

It took a year and a half and Allen was able to get everything back but $7,200. Only the threat of jail time was needed to force the thieves to return the money. Even then, over $7K is a real expensive lesson to learn.

Now back to this morning…

Allen was able to walk out of our facility after witnessing, live and in person, his four boxes of papers get shredded. The whole ordeal took about 20 minutes with less than 10 minutes of actual shredding time (Remember, it took a little longer since we were having this conversation).

On top of that, he had a receipt and signed Certificate of Destruction that he could show to his kids (the ones now actually running the business).…

And the final price tag - $23.80.

The moral of this story is that personal office shredders, even the ones you pay a couple hundred bucks for, really suck.

They force you to take shortcuts… Potentially so much so that you willing to take the chance of throwing sensitive papers in the trash...

...After all, nobody would take the time to look through your trash… and even if they did… they’re not smart enough to know what to do with anything they find – right?

If you ever have any questions, don’t hesitate to give me a call – (619) 295-5474.

Until next time, keep Totally Secure,

Mike