[DUMBGRUNT]

Fine German engineering... And at a lower cost than a Scotsman.

Such a deal.

[jimtorr]

Likely someone disabled the security systems, which tends to make it an inside job.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

I noticed in the photos that there seemed to be no rebar in the concrete or concrete block walls.

Rebar would have made it a bit more difficult to cut their way in.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I saw this movie.

[Vaduz]

Indeed

Lidl and Aldi supermarkets have motion detectors.

[rktman]

I was not aware that folks can rent those for several hours. Thought it was more long term. 🤔👍

[wally_bert]

I’ve never dealt with bigger cheapskates than Scots.

My last company was run by them until a German one bought them and installed some even worse ones.

I heard from someone still there that some higher up one bought a fortune in new computer equipment and apparently none of it is compatible with the existing manufacturing infrastructure. To make it funnier, the guy who bought it all quit.

I’m so glad not to be there.

Another good one, it has taken 11 engineers to replace the chief engineer who left just before me. Apparently the plant manager calls it progress. The guy is grade A delusional.

He preached about things like employee education and training but I could barely get the time of day. I was the only guy in a critical job that he and most everyone would come running to when they wanted something.

[Scrambler Bob]

emptied most of the 3,300 safety deposit boxes rented to 2,700 customers for several hours.
= = =]]

So these customers had gold in their SB boxes?

Who knew? How?, etc.

Well, My Safety Deposit Box was full to the brim with a giant gold ingot, at today’s spot, is worth .....

[Jonty30]

I have an alibi.
I also have $30 million in recast gold that needs a buyer.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Holesaw, not a drill.

[9YearLurker]

Any gold-toothed beavers over there?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

A drive up storage locker would have been more secure, and less attractive.

[Mouton]

banking with Sparkasse

Would you bank with a company called spark ass??

[SaxxonWoods]

Store £30,000,000 of gold in a vault people can just dig into, no steel or concrete walls, ceiling, floor? Not even an alarm to warn a wall has been breached? No cameras?

[Karl Spooner]

Please rate our customer service after this bank robbery

"Another added: ‘Where is the security here? I deposited all my savings here. I’m a blue-collar worker. It’s all gone.’"

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"Sparkasse has asked customers to avoid visiting the bank and said it is working with the insurance company."

"Following the 2025 heist at the Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen branch, the bank officially advised affected customers to check their home insurance (Hausratversicherung) policies for additional coverage."

[KingLudd]

Everyone knows the best tool for getting into a bank vault is a 20 mm Oerlikon cannon.

[faucetman]

I thought Simon Gruber died?

[Major Matt Mason]

Since it is Germany, I wonder if it is Islamist trash that were the perps.

[frank ballenger]

From the Nicolas Cage movie The Trust (2016).
...David acquires blueprints from the county planning office and discovers that the gang has built a large safe in the back of an industrial freezer in the building....They map out the exact location of the safe and acquire a floor-standing drill press and a diamond-tipped drill from Germany to drill into the safe door....

The complicated plan requires them to drill into the safe door from the residential apartment above the freezer, to allow them to attack the safe without triggering “failsafe” door locks.

On the day of the theft, the two break into the apartment above the freezer...They use up two regular drill bits going through the concrete that divides the two spaces. They then use the diamond-tipped drill to go into the safe door, but the drill press stops working when a drive belt breaks. Having no spare belts, the two build an improvised explosive to finish the hole.

Once the hole is completed, Jim watches the safe’s tumblers using a long flexible cystoscope, while David manipulates the safe’s dial. As each number is identified, David writes it on the safe door. When the door is opened, the two discover that the high-tech vault is filled with extraordinary high-value gems and cash...

[cherry]

This is one reason not to leave yours tuff in a bank deposit box..the other is the govt can seize it at a whim..

[OldHarbor]

Rififi (1955) is a French heist film. A gang cuts a hole in the ceiling of a jewelry shop.

Not bad.