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Old 08-23-2008, 03:21 PM
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How to securely dispose old documents?

I have a few shoeboxes filled with old credit card statements, vehicle insurance and maintenance records, and other stuff I don't want anybody to be sifting through. What are the easy and comfortable ways to get rid of these documents? Burning them in a grill or fireplace are not considered as options
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Old 08-23-2008, 03:37 PM
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Old 08-23-2008, 04:46 PM
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Old 08-23-2008, 05:13 PM
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Old 08-23-2008, 08:12 PM
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Old 08-23-2008, 08:21 PM
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a shredder.


will there be tougher questions later on?
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Old 08-23-2008, 08:34 PM
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What I do, at least with old credit cards, is cut them up, and flush some of the pieces containing numbers down the toilet, the rest in the trash... havent had a problem yet (not even with the plumbing)
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Old 08-24-2008, 07:32 AM
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get a cross cut shredder or you could just eat them.
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Old 08-24-2008, 08:04 AM
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Old 08-24-2008, 09:26 AM
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We toss ours in the trash...I figure if someone recovers them, they will spend less than we do.

And, since we had our entire ID stolen a couple years ago, what's another
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I liked the "just eat them" suggestion.

...though we did have our entire ID ripped.
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