David Lock

Just been having a bit of a clear out and have a bag full of old credit card bills and sundry stuff including the blank cheques that card companies send to encourage you to get into even more debt

Need to chuck out but with all this card cloning and fraud around I am a bit reluctant to simply chuck bag in dustbin. I don't have a shredder or a furnace to hand. Am I being paranoid? What do SNers do? Get the scissors out?

rr_ww

Although the risk is far more minimal than the Press would have you believe. Go and buy a shredder. Cross Cut for about £30 from virtually anywhere. PC World do a reasonable range IIRC.

Before we had one, just used to cut off the account and sort code numbers. The actual purchases and transactions on the statement are irrelevant. No body can get the other details from knowing you spend £20 in HMV and £45 in a Shell station.

Most card cloning is done via computer anyway. I mean when was the last time you saw anybody going through your recycled waste?

Milamber

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send it back to the card company, all the other stuff i would rip up and put in a bin

Scooby Soon!

YOU NEED a shredder

you wouldnt believe the things people throw out.......

paulr

I have an industrial shredder.
send me it with your pin number and i'll destroy it.

David Lock

You have mail


OK I'll buy a shredder then. If I buy a cheap one will it only shred page by page? Take for ever.

Avi

i burn it once a month

rr_ww

The cheaper ones say 5 sheets, but are happy with 3-4. Expensive ones will have better blades though.

David Lock

http://www.staples.co.uk/ENG/Catalog...hredder&Page=1

A box of matches may be cheaper. Where to put the bloody thing is another concern. Just more clutter in a small office.......

Any recommendations from above lot? Just for personal and minor business use.

rr_ww

Well we have a strip cutter from PC World which cost a £10 (now £15) . A cross cut is ultimately better. But as long as you put the paper in the right way a strip will suffice.

Fellowes Cross Cut £25 Looks the best bet tbh

This is the one we've got

OllyK

Shred > rabbit hutch as bedding > burn > feed ash to cats > cats spread crap around the neighbourhood. Problem solved.

paulr

I just bin it all but make sure i check every entry on my statement.Shredding,cant be arsed.
The other thing i do is withdraw £300 per month in cash for small items.The less you use a card the less chance of fraud,secondly i only ever have one page of statements so less to check.

David Lock

Credit cards to a cat thread. Must be a first

dpb

A stout guillotine for the 'heading thence onto the fire............and the rest of the carcass for collection.....

andypugh2000

I have a stella feulled fire every month with all my old bills and wood waste from diy etc, even whens its icy out there you cant beat a raging fire and a stella, get on of those tin bins to burn it all in, keeps the place tidy too

OllyK

Amazing what you can shoe horn in when you try, really hard

fast bloke

If you are getting a shredder get a cross cut one - the strip cut ones can transform a single postage stamp into 17 binbags full of strips

CrisPDuk

I see ajm's cue, but he ain't biting

As to sensitive waste disposal, I'm with Andy Pugh, you can't beat a good bonfire once in a while, and saves buying feed for the garden

The Rani

My boss in my last job used to take the shredded paper home and fork it straight into the compost heap

suprabeast

big fire every month ! easy!