Topic: Credit card usage in these tough times......

[hmed2390]

You see, you're credit card ain't 100% useless in these tough economic times afterall! 

http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Door-with-a-Credit-Card

[Robin-Graves]

I figured that out long ago

[smokester]

I use some of mine to level my dining table and stop it rocking.  Another I use as a polyfiller applicator.

[chekovsulu]

I had no idea them things were so versatile!  It's a shame they always reject me

[frankcapri]

You see, you're credit card ain't 100% useless in these tough economic times afterall! 

http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Door-with-a-Credit-Card

That doesn't work for deadbolts 

[hmed2390]

That doesn't work for deadbolts 

in that case, may i suggest ATM? 

[frankcapri]

At the moment? 

Actually I can attest to using this trick a few times (and one time I didn't have one and
had to break a window).  I never really understood the mechanics of it until I read your post 

[hmed2390]

i didn't either until i stumbled upon it. while googling for very innocent pictures mind you.

[frankcapri]

I'm sure you weren't googling ways to break into people's houses or anything 

The only time I've found that this trick doesn't work is when the seal between the door and the door frame is really tight 

[frankcapri]

Too late. Now you look silly talking to yourself 

After the first time I broke my window to get into my apartment, I used to
keep one of those crappy free credit cards companies send in the mail
in my mailbox.  It came it handy many times 

[subvinorosa]

An ID will work as well.  I used to lock myself out all the time and this fix always helped.  I ruined several ATM cards just to get inside my dorm door.  On one occasion, my roommate was sleeping like the dead inside.  On another occasion, the key was in my pocket, buried under a bunch of loose change.

[hmed2390]

Too late. Now you look silly talking to yourself 

On another occasion, the key was in my pocket, buried under a bunch of loose change.

i mean sheesh, as if that's even the first place you'd look. 

[subvinorosa]

Hey, I gotta pretend to be human sometimes!

[jacktheripper305]

Since this is about breaking through doors that don't have deadbolts, its probably a good chance that its a door between rooms. In this case, most knobs have a little hole in face of it. A paperclip, or other thin piece of metal or plastic that doesn't bend too easily can be pushed in that hole, and used to unlock it.

sorry for the innuendo

[smokester]

In all seriousness I have done a fair bit of locksmithing as part of my job as a carpenter, I even have some bump keys somewhere.  But the way to stop this happening on your own doors is to make sure the "door stops" are tight against the door.  In other words, if you door can't be rattled, you cannot get in with a card.