The Supra to Sentrilock Conversion

This promises to be the most awkward conversion ever.  They do, however, look like they'er going to work will.  And one more card to keep track of!

Ken, I have been using Sentrilock up in Pennsylvania for many years. I love how quickly you can open the key compartment and that the card fits in the wallet. We converted to Sentrilock in Frederick County MD back in the spring, and just last week I was finally able to go to just one card with reciprocity. The only downside is I now need to update it daily, Pennsylvania cards were good for 10 days.

The only bummer for me is that I bought my lockbox from an agent who left the field and I can't convert it because it wasn't "officially"registered to me.

In Howard County we have had the SentriLock system for awhile and everyone loves it!  The key is valid for 8 days, works in other counties (I use mine in AA and Baltimore County/City all the time).  The passcode is only four digits (not hard to remember), the lockboxes are better (easier to get the key out) and if you forget to update your card (which is like a credit card) you can call the toll-free number and it will activate your card for one day -- FREE! 

You will LOVE SentriLock and the conversion was not difficult.  I do wish all of Maryland had converted over at the same time, however.

One more thing.  Call your local board and ask for the person who handles the lockbox ownership.  I had some boxes from an agent who had retired.  All I had to do was have her send them something with the serial numbers and that they now belonged to me.  It was nice to switch old, ugly supra boxes to the new, shiney SentriLocks!

Of course we don't convert until January and not all of the associations are converting so I have a feeling that are going to be some showing nightmares ahead.  If they take our key away and then I head to Fredericksburg which is not converting what the heck am I supposed to do?

My experience with these boxes is that they are crap.  I've had to turn in 5 of 10 boxes as defective.   Usually you find out when someone is showing your listing.  When they work they are a dream, but you have to be a gambler to appreciate that there is a 10% chance that it wont work on any given day and they will have to take a crow-bar to it (I thought they were supposed to be secure).  Also there are many times when you have to remove the inner key box because the large fobs supplied by some condos don't fit.   That voids their security feature.