What's you safety deposit box fee?
What's you safety deposit box fee?
if you have a safety deposit box can you please tell me what bank or credit union you use, what size, what you pay for it, and if you receive any discount for keeping a minimum balance there?
We have one at our local BoA branch and even with 2 direct deposit paychecks, balances to keep free checking, savings, ATM etc, and a high 5 figure Merrill brokerage account we still have to pay $100 year for the smallest box. It's really too small to meet our needs, but there is nothing larger available and a wait list for all sizes so I'm hesitant to give this one up.
Curious to hear what the Bogleheads are paying. If this is the norm, I'll stop grousing to myself.
Thanks.
We have one at our local BoA branch and even with 2 direct deposit paychecks, balances to keep free checking, savings, ATM etc, and a high 5 figure Merrill brokerage account we still have to pay $100 year for the smallest box. It's really too small to meet our needs, but there is nothing larger available and a wait list for all sizes so I'm hesitant to give this one up.
Curious to hear what the Bogleheads are paying. If this is the norm, I'll stop grousing to myself.
Thanks.
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This may not be the help you are looking for, but many years ago we bought a small jewelers safe. UL Listed TL30x6. You can get a used one from a local safe place for a few thousand. The convenience was well worth it for us.
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I can not disclose the bank name lest they get wind of this and raise the fees to make up for lost business in other areas - small box with compensatory balance to obtain a discount - $60. The next size up box runs around $110 (not that much bigger).
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$112/year. Our bank is in the bay area. We got the largest size they had. When they told me it was "large," I didn't even want to know what "small" looked like. These safe deposit boxes are tiny.
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Free.
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If you have high 5 figures at Merrill Edge, did you sign up for Preferred Rewards? It gives you a free small deposit box.
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My bank charges $45 for a small box. By having sufficient deposits, I pay nothing for the box.
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You do realize you are paying for it as am I, the balances are being invested by the bank, the interest earned on it is paying for the box and then some.sport wrote:My bank charges $45 for a small box. By having sufficient deposits, I pay nothing for the box.
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Wells Fargo
Small (don't know the exact dimensions, but plenty of space for what we need)
$0
Small (don't know the exact dimensions, but plenty of space for what we need)
$0
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Medium box. $85.
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Free. From a local private bank we've been with for about 30 years. Our account balances there are probably higher than the typical bank customer has. I got tired of paying for it, so called up the branch manager (who I now know) who waives the fee after looking at our
accounts.
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Of course. I also get no-fee checking and no-charge check printing. With interest rates so low, I believe it is roughly a break even proposition. I also get a free pen with the bank's name on it.Grt2bOutdoors wrote:You do realize you are paying for it as am I, the balances are being invested by the bank, the interest earned on it is paying for the box and then some.sport wrote:My bank charges $45 for a small box. By having sufficient deposits, I pay nothing for the box.
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Chase.
Free. One box each for both my and my wife.
Free. One box each for both my and my wife.
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$40/year for a medium sized box with a large national bank.
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$37 per year for the medium sized box at my local Credit Union.
The small box was $17 per year, but the bigger box is so worth it to me.
As far as I know there is no minimum balance required in my checking account. There is a minimum balance required at all times in the savings account.
The small box was $17 per year, but the bigger box is so worth it to me.
As far as I know there is no minimum balance required in my checking account. There is a minimum balance required at all times in the savings account.
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Boulder, CO. CU. 5x10x21 (inches) box for $65/yr. There are no box freebies - everyone who wants one has to pay for it.
Was on the waiting list for 5-6 years.
Was on the waiting list for 5-6 years.
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I pay, unfortunately, ~$150 per year at BofA for a medium. In the CA Bay area, this seems to be the going price, I can't find better deals elsewhere..
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Free at bofa, we have some arrangement but I don't know what. Only about twenty bucks in my checking and that's it, no other assets with the bank.
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Free small box at BoA due to my preferred rewards tier. It's too small to hold all of my precious metals but I don't care to pay for anything bigger.
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We closed our safe deposit box several years ago. Was paying around $85 per year at the time and I felt we were throwing money away. We did not have much in there to be too worried about and every time we needed to access it (usually to get our passports), it required a trip to the bank.
We bought a home safe (for less than two years safe deposit fees), which is hidden and secured in my house. Biggest risk is not a thief finding it (as that would be extremely unlikely), but what would happen to the contents in the event my home were completely leveled by a fire. It's a risk we are willing to take (home fires are rare and most do not completely level a home).
We bought a home safe (for less than two years safe deposit fees), which is hidden and secured in my house. Biggest risk is not a thief finding it (as that would be extremely unlikely), but what would happen to the contents in the event my home were completely leveled by a fire. It's a risk we are willing to take (home fires are rare and most do not completely level a home).
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Safety box fee of $100 and glad to pay it after having a robbery where a 400 pound safe was stolen during a 30 minute absence from home.
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We pay $50 for a small box at a local/regional bank.
Well worth it - we use it not just for important documents but every 6 months or so I rotate a hard-drive in so I have all our electronic financial records plus all our family photos and videos backed up (without having to use a cloud service or hope that a safe isn't stolen or doesn't succumb to a fire that is hotter/longer than the safe is spec'd for).
Well worth it - we use it not just for important documents but every 6 months or so I rotate a hard-drive in so I have all our electronic financial records plus all our family photos and videos backed up (without having to use a cloud service or hope that a safe isn't stolen or doesn't succumb to a fire that is hotter/longer than the safe is spec'd for).
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Chase, annual fee of $100 for a 5"x10" box. That fee is discounted from $125 to $100 (20%) based on the type of accounts we maintain there.
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Our saftey deposit box is held at a credit union. For a medium-sized box they charge $30 per year.
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Our box is large enough for 8.5" x 14" documents to fit. $30 at a local credit union.
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Good grief. How did the thieves know in advance to bring a dolly with them?Nowizard wrote:Safety box fee of $100 and glad to pay it after having a robbery where a 400 pound safe was stolen during a 30 minute absence from home.
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What's a check ???sport wrote:<snip...>no-charge check printing.
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Had one years back for the abstract to my home but I bought one of these and got rid of the box at the bank.
https://www.amazon.com/SentrySafe-HD410 ... =fire+safe
Its not meant to protect against someone breaking into it per se, moreso a firesafe which contains items of no real value to a burglar (birth certificate, passports etc)
https://www.amazon.com/SentrySafe-HD410 ... =fire+safe
Its not meant to protect against someone breaking into it per se, moreso a firesafe which contains items of no real value to a burglar (birth certificate, passports etc)
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$10 per year for the smallest box at Teamsters Federal Credit Union in Detroit, Michigan. The largest box is $60. Anyone that lives, works, or worships in Wayne County Michigan is eligible for membership. They ask an average monthly balance of $250 in your savings account to have no fees on the account. That is all that is required, this offer is open to all members.
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Bolderboy: The thieves were professionals. About 90 minutes after the robbery, I received a call from a person who saw the safe near a dumster with a blown door and papers identifying me. It had contained a large coin collection and a diamond ring, among other items. They took other things as well, making this a quite substantial robbery. One, amusing fact (Not at the moment!) was that they liked our stuff so much that they unloaded items stolen from other homes, leaving them in our garage.
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$30/yr. for smallest box. Small local bank with no balance requirements or discounts.
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Yeah, if I had a box it would be at BOA with the fee waived. My understanding is that it can be a crap shoot as to whether any particular branch has small boxes available. I think periodically about checking the two BOA branches close to me.student wrote:If you have high 5 figures at Merrill Edge, did you sign up for Preferred Rewards? It gives you a free small deposit box.
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Is there a way to get a safety deposit box with an option to have the bank mail me the contents to another country? For example, if I start traveling long term but want to keep some of my documents safe. No gold or cash or anything like that, just documents.
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Chase, $135/year for a large box (what they call large).
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$15 for what I would call small(possibly 3"X5"X24") at a medium local bank.
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$45 for a small box (3x5x18'ish) at a bank I have no accounts with.
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I thought they needed your key to open it. Otherwise, it would have to be drilled.Starper wrote:Is there a way to get a safety deposit box with an option to have the bank mail me the contents to another country? For example, if I start traveling long term but want to keep some of my documents safe. No gold or cash or anything like that, just documents.
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I seems you would have to give one of the two keys to the branch manager and give him/her authorized access. I would think that they would decline to do this due to liability issues.rkhusky wrote:I thought they needed your key to open it. Otherwise, it would have to be drilled.Starper wrote:Is there a way to get a safety deposit box with an option to have the bank mail me the contents to another country? For example, if I start traveling long term but want to keep some of my documents safe. No gold or cash or anything like that, just documents.
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$60 per year for medium sized box.
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$60/yr for their smallest box, which is 3" tall, about 9" wide (wide enough for paper to lay flat inside an envelope) and maybe 24" deep (longer than a legal-size page).
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DW & I have two SDBs in the SE US. I got the largest I could find in the area years ago at a regional bank to hold a fairly large and heavy coin collection and a few other things--$90/year. Unfortunately we no longer live near that bank and I have been unable to find a box that size closer to us. We have a small SDB at a smaller local bank for items we need to have more convenient access to--$20/year. We do all of our banking with the regional bank which discounts the large box to us.
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That stinks.Nowizard wrote:Safety box fee of $100 and glad to pay it after having a robbery where a 400 pound safe was stolen during a 30 minute absence from home.
Tim
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For the people that complain about the cost of a box, don't be penny wise and pound foolish. Having the original and the backup files (both paper and electronic) in two different physical locations is basic risk management/common sense.
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I gave up on safety boxes and bought a fire retardant home safe with professional installation when I bough my condo about 13 years ago. It was about $175 at the time and would probably be $300 - $400 today. I have the convenience and as much safety as I need right at home, and no monthly or yearly fee. I also keep electronic copies of important things off campus.
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I was going to post this. I have a small safety deposit box at my BoA branch and it's free because I have over $100k in all my combined BoA/ML accounts.student wrote:If you have high 5 figures at Merrill Edge, did you sign up for Preferred Rewards? It gives you a free small deposit box.
Plus it looks really cool to go in there bc it's a hand/palm reader to get into the room.
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Chase. Free for smallest size (20% off for other sizes), with Premier Plus Checking.
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Local bank. The box is a medium size, about 5" high, 12" wide and 15" deep. $31 a year
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$35 per year at Key Bank of Oregon. It is a small box.