Comments on: Rubbish!

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:18:38 +0000

I like to mulch all my paperwork up and use it in the vege patch! It is scary how easy it is today to get a hold of someones personal information… a shredder is a good investment indeed.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:35:55 +0000

Thanks Susan, will have to look in Big W:)

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:59:00 +0000

Hehee I think the brand we bought was called a “Fashion Shredder” or something ridiculous like that. I mean who buys a shredder to be fashionable? :silly: It is a horrendous neon pink colour, which turned me off buying it but there were no others available so I decided that it wasn’t a fashion statement and went for it.

As I said, the important elements are not the colour of the machine but the fact that it is sturdy and is a criss cross shredder.

Shredders range in price from $30 to $300 but I paid approximately $40 from Big W.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:40:47 +0000

That what we need – to shred all our personal things eg bills. What sort did you buy? I seen small ones that sit over a bin but I wonder how many pages you could put through it on each occasion.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 09 May 2010 21:39:06 +0000

The paper shredder you have purchased sounds like an excellent idea Susan… it is scary when you think about how our information can be used… stolen identities, using credit cards over the net (etc)… it is so very easy these days to steal from another.

I had a Myer Credit Card about 10 years ago. I had set up a new card/account, and when it hadn’t arrived for many, many weeks, I was concerned. Next thing a statement turned up in the mail. Someone had stolen it from my letterbox (I lived in a townhouse then, so all our letterboxes were together), and used it to buy boxes of Jim Beam to maximum limit they could use. Not in one hit mind you, but several shopping sprees, to avoid suspicion. The stores never really check the name on the front of a card, so a male can use a card with a female name on it without a hindrance. I didn’t have to pay this bill, as the matter was taken to the police.

Anyway, lucky for the true owners of the card you received… it could have landed in the hands of dishonest people.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Sun, 09 May 2010 01:49:06 +0000

oh wow! this is so timely for me as we’ve been thinking of getting a shredder too….we had a bad experience many years ago where an old old cheque book got found at a tip and someone tried to write a cheque out with it – the only reason we found out was because there wasn’t enough money in our a/c to cover the cheque so our credit union rang us to check on it! Praise God it wasn’t for an amount that could have been covered! so, since then we’ve been more careful with our “rubbish” and cut it up into little pieces but you have me seriously thinking of the need for a shredder…will have to tell dh when he gets home. btw, can i ask what brand you got? if that’s ok as i don’t think i’ve seen a criss cross shredder?

By: Footprints Diary

Footprints Diary — Sat, 08 May 2010 09:17:19 +0000

Hi Susan,
We burn all of our personal mail after we have finished with it. We haven’t purchased a paper shredder yet.

I hope that your knee is continuing to heal.

Have a wonderful week,
Love and blessings, Jillian :heart:

By: Ruby

Ruby — Sat, 08 May 2010 08:35:28 +0000

It is scary isn’t it. My Dad recently purchased a shredder and thinks it is a cool new toy. I am still using scissors but now you have me thinking, too.