Buying a Safe
Like any major purchase, you are going to want to do some shopping around before you buy a safe. There are a ton of retailers that sell safes these days, both online and offline.
One thing you should be aware of when shopping online is any additional charges that you may incur, such as shipping and tax. Safes are heavy and having to pay for shipping could easily turn a good deal into a bad deal. Luckily, most retailers offer free shipping to stay competitive, and sales tax can often be avoided depending on your state.
Online Retailers
Two major online retailers that carry all sorts of safes, have competitive prices, good customer service, and offer free or low cost shipping with no sales tax are:
Gunsafes.com
Everysafe.com
What's great about places like these is they have large selections and discounted prices because they don't have to pay for all the overhead traditional brick and mortar retailers do.
If you're into buying a safe online then you may also want to check out the selection at Amazon.com
Merchants also use
to sell their products, and like Amazon, each merchant will have their own terms and agreements. Ebay is also a good place to find
used safes.
Local Dealers
If you’d like to shop for a safe in person, and at the same time support your local economy, there should be plenty of local retailers for you to visit.
By doing a simple Google search for safes, plus your zip code, you can retrieve a Google Map that shows you all of your local safe dealers. Some of them may have websites and some of them may not, but you can easily call around to see if they have what you’re looking for.
Most of the major manufacturers supply to dealers all across the nation and abroad. By going in and talking to an experienced dealer you can get expert advice without feeling like you are blindly buying online.
In addition, there are also scores of local manufacturers that don't necessarily have the name recognition or distribution capabilities to easily get their product onto the shelves of major retailers.
A good example of this would be a company like Visalia Safes. Started in a small California town with the same name over twenty years ago, they have modest distribution throughout the West Coast and have the capability to build you a custom safe.
Major Retailers
You can also check out places like Walmart and Costco. They often carry home safes, gun safes, and office safes.
Many sporting goods stores such as Dick’s or Cabela’s usually have a good selection of gun safes.
And office stores such as Office Max and Staples usually have an okay selection of home and office safes.
Major retailers, such as the ones listed above, also have websites that you can buy a safe from, and many times they offer free shipping too.
If you shop around you shouldn’t have a problem finding a good deal. But if you want to save a little more you may get lucky and find a used safe at a deep discount.