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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 4:30 pm
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martinp13
 
Join Date: May 2002
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Originally Posted by JGR01
I purchased some of the original TSA approved locks.. from a luggage store in an outlet mall.

I do not recall the brand tho think they were a known brand.

Well I set two of them to my 'special combination' and then finished the setting process. Guess what? I could not open them again .. my number had not taken properly and I had no idea what number it thought it took (gee did i set them from the wrong side?).

Two out of three are now locked forever and I cannot use them.
My story exactly. I thought TSA had opened and scrambled it, but maybe it was just a crappy lock. I tried all 1000 combinations and nothing worked, so it's still sitting locked onto a bag I no longer use.
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