Comments on: Protect Yourself: Buy a Shredder

By: Document Destruction

Document Destruction — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:04:34 +0000

Total document destruction is the best solution.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:56:59 +0000

I was just reading on another blog that you should stop carrying around your social security card. This and other steps as well as document destruction should help avoid identity theft.

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Hanks Weekly Hangouts #24 (April 5, 2008) | My Investing Blog — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:02:51 +0000

[...] NoDebtPlan shows that it’s beneficial to buy a shredder. It’ll save you a boatload of time and money if you DO run into identity [...]

By: Cinder

Cinder — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:24:48 +0000

I can’t agree enough. I just picked up a nice one on clearance at Staples (Look for open boxes and make sure they still work and you’re golden if you’re cheap like me at time!) that Diamond shreads and has a seperate CC/CD/DVD slot. Seems to work great. I also find it HIGH therapeutic for some odd reason, don’t know why. I just like shredding.

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Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:56:59 +0000

[...] longer needed financial documents, make sure to use a shredder. Kevin over at No Debt Plan has an interesting post about shredding documents.This year I finally got tired of all the paper I keep and decided to [...]

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:27:40 +0000

I went a step further and signed up for the opt out of preapproved mailings. I had been considering purchasing ‘Lifelock’ until I read a post on masteryourcard blog–http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/02/22/5-steps-to-a-diy-lifelock/ I went ahead and followed the steps and now have fraud alerts on my ssn and my dh’s ssn.

By opting out it *should* stop most if not all of the preapproved credit card offers and other such junk mail. I hope it works!

I sure do feel alot more secure about my credit now that I took these steps. It did not take me long. I contacted all three credit bureaus and was done within 30 min!

By: zephyr sloan

zephyr sloan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:18:10 +0000

hey!!
identity theft has become increasingly common in todays world. trainee investor has suggested a good idea of taking all the papers and shredding them in the office. its always better to buy a cheap cross cut shredder for all your shredding.

By: Paper Shredders

Paper Shredders — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:10:43 +0000

I agree 100% about the importance of shredding documents. The only type of paper shredder I will use is a cross cut paper shredder. I recommend using a paper shredder that has a continuous-duty motor. That way you won't have to worry about the motor burning out later on down the road.

By: traineeinvestor

traineeinvestor — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:42:01 +0000

The cheaper option is to take the papers into the office and feed them through a shredder in the office.

The other advantage of doing this is that your confetti will be mixed with a lot of other confetti making the task of putting the pieces together a lot harder (should anyone wish to even try).

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:31:53 +0000

I bought ours on sale for $25 at Office Depot. I think its incredibly important to shred certain documents rather than throwing them out. Its a small thing to do but it can have such a huge impact. Good post.