09-12-2017, 07:34 PM
(09-12-2017, 05:53 PM)KevinT Wrote:(09-12-2017, 01:07 PM)isUsername Wrote: Who wants to chip in and buy 20 old fareboxes for $15 each?
"Keys not included." Various thoughts come to mind:
If security is truly a concern, they should unlock the boxes and remove the cylinders prior to sale...
- Will these fareboxes be sold locked, or open?
- If locked, their usefulness is limited barring further effort on the buyers part to either engage a locksmith or (illegally?) pick the lock
- If open, the key can be reverse engineered by examination of the lock cylinder; defeating any security gained by not including a key
- Is reverse engineering the key an illegal act if one legally owns the lock cylinder?
My guess would be the keys are not included because they are all the same. They would be giving you the keys to the other fareboxes. Whether or not this is true, the keys will be managed separately from the boxes, so in a surplus sale they don’t get matched up together. Once all the fareboxes are out of use, there might be a surplus lot that includes a bag of all the keys, together with some loose nuts, the latch from a roof hatch, and a 1m strip of seatbelt.