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DAYTONA BEACH -- "Don't stuff your mattress. Buy a safe."
That's what the sign reads in front of Boyer's Locksmith and Security in Orange City, which sells in-home safes. Owner Bruce Boyer said his safe sales have "definitely picked up."
Some people are telling me they're pulling their money out of the stock market, and others are concerned about an increase in crime," Boyer said. "We were selling one safe every two to three weeks, but we've sold three so far this week, and it's only Thursday."
Boyer sells models that bolt to the floor or are installed into the floor, with costs ranging from $700 to $2,000.
At AHC Locks & Safes in Ormond Beach, it's a similar story.
We're getting more people lately who are looking at safes (because of those concerns)," said Dyson Billings, operations manager at AHC Locks & Safes in Ormond Beach. "Banks are raising fees on depository boxes . . . and there is crime in neighborhoods that never had it before."