I want to be able to shred credit card applications, including the card that they may come with without screwing with it. I get too many of them. I think my university puts students on a stupid mailing list.

I dont care if it shreds paperclips. If it shredded stapes, that would be cool.

I think that Id be willing to pay about 100 dollars, and maybe more if its a great value.

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

Crosscut is the only way to go, and I believe they are below $100 for a decent one. Shop around.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

I second this. Shop for a cheap crosscut and before you buy check for feedback somewhere like:http://www.epinions.com/

I think I got our last one really cheap ($30-40) on sale and with a coupon at one of the big box office supply stores. Staples will match online prices last I checked.

the ones that handle up to 4 or 5 sheets will not be up to shreading plastic cards....personal experience with mine.

get the beefiest one you can get for the money....crosscut preffered.

I see decent ones on sale for just under $100

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Our Aurora AS1200X will handle a penny with no problem. Got it at Staples a couple of years ago, but can't remember what we paid then. But I have seen good ones for less than $100. One thing,,, if you plan on giving it hard use, try to make sure it has metal gears, versus plastic ones. Ours has metal but it still started to come apart after a year or so. I tore it apart and put some screws back in place and it's been working fine.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

Search for hot deals. This is the type of thing that you can save a chunk of change on if you are patient.

There are a lot of shredders on the market which will only operate for a few minutes before shutting down to prevent overheating. Look for one that will operate for longer periods of time. Its somewhere hidden on the box.

I got an Xerox XRX-8X for about $70 which is at least my tenth shredder and the best one. Its a cross-cut machine which can handle credit cards, large staples, paperclips, etc. It says it can take 8 sheets at a time, but I don't do more than 5.

I hated the old ones that would shut off mid way through a huge pile of junk mail.

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currently enjoying,
'96 E300 black opal 149K
'97 E300 smoke silver 137K
also owned by family members,
'83 240D manual
'97 E300 white
'02 Jetta TDI

Also get ahold of Equifax(or any of those credit companies) and have your credit report put a block on credit card companies(and anyone else) from viewing your report. We now get MAYBE one card application a week, versus the 2 or 3 a day we used to get, and it continues to taper off.
If anyone ever steals your mail before you get it.......

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past MB rides:
'68 220D
'68 220D(another one)
'67 230
'84 SD
Current rides:
'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)