the down economy has forced layoffs and fewer staff hours for our office people....it is no longer staffed full time...it seems that i spend a lot of time here by myself waiting for deliveries when i should be elsewhere...the supply house suggested i could give them a key...they said this is not uncommon...i have known them for many years...good idea? bad idea?
keys to the building
- Thread starter rodneee
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Do they have Key insurance?
krisinjersey
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We picked up one of those rubbermaid garbage can enclosures. It's got a combolock on it and the supply houses know the combo or they call the number stenciled on the lid and we give it to them. We don't take any high dollar value deliveries that way, but it's been working for us. My wife doesn't even have a key to the shop, let alone the supply house:grin:
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We picked up one of those rubbermaid garbage can enclosures. It's got a combolock on it and the supply houses know the combo or they call the number stenciled on the lid and we give it to them. We don't take any high dollar value deliveries that way, but it's been working for us. My wife doesn't even have a key to the shop, let alone the supply house:grin:
Rewire
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We installed a coded lock with the #to call for the code above it.We change the code every month.
dhamman
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- SW Florida
We keep a spare box truck in the lot and let them put deliveries in it.
masterinbama
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- Huntsville Alabama
Ask them for a key to their store. After all they have known you for years.
petersonra
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- Northern illinois
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Are their drivers bonded? Is there a way you can restrict their access to your shop to a small area? It's not an unheard of thing to do, but I am always suspicious of giving out a key.
If you don't have video surveillance put up a fake camera and a sign warning of video surveillance.
I like the idea of some kind of locked box they can have a key to that does not give them access to the building if you cannot restrict access once they get inside. The only thing is that this arrangement restricts how much can be delivered and what size it can be.
I have seen a few shipping areas where there is a fenced off area where delivery drivers can get but no farther. An 8' high chain link fence is relatively cheap and easy to install.
zbang
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- Roughly 5346 miles from Earls Court
Not exactly relevent, but many commercial bakeries have keys to their customer's shops so they can deliver the fresh pasteries at 4am. The driver leaves the boxes of goodies and picks up the empties from yesterday. Given their routes, I doubt the drivers have time, much less the inclination, to poke around.
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- Simi Valley, CA
You could look into some kind of bin with a combo lock, something along the lines of what Fed Ex or UPS do.
jaylectricity
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- Massachusetts
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- licensed journeyman electrician
You don't have any small children you can exploit? :grin:
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- Massachusetts
How many keys do you have for customers buildings?
Rewire
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- Lake of the Ozarks
We have a large key cabinet full of customer keys.All keys are logged in and out.
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- Simi Valley, CA
Many times I've had keys and security codes. On big jobs where we were working 7-7 we would open and close up most of the time.
When I worked as a faucilities electrician, I had a card key that gave me 24 hour full access, same access as security had. Used to tick off the VP's that I could get places they couldn't.
When I worked as a faucilities electrician, I had a card key that gave me 24 hour full access, same access as security had. Used to tick off the VP's that I could get places they couldn't.
jumper
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- 3 Hr 2 Min from Winged Horses
My one master key opens 100+ buildings with about 6000 locks. It is bonded for 250,000$. Vp's ( Deans ) do not get one also.:grin:
one....but it is a master for 18 +/- buildings
dbuckley
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- Canterbury, New Zealand
That assumes, of course, that they can get a blank of the correct profile.
Many master key systems guard blanks like gold.
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