Ingenuity needed retrieving item dropped through letterbox

[robbocop33]

Mission is to retrieve small jiffy bag with a key inside that has been dropped through a household letterbox.I need the key to cut it and program it for a customer,and postie has dropped it through the flat next door,which is unoccupied!:-)
It has one of those cheap bendy plastic white front doors,anyone any ideas?

[57Ford]

Mirror on a stick like a dentist uses (available at engineer's merchants) and a small fishing weight with a dab of superglue could work. Or may result in you dragging the hall carpet through the letterbox


Or a trained snake?

[vindaloo79]

Locksmith? The one i recently used didn't seek any proof of entitlement or right of access (though knew I was traceable via the visa card payment).

[the cueball]

Something like this??

[57Ford]

Anyway, I don't believe you - it's not really a key is it? It's your Love Honey order and you just don't want to explain those little blue pills to the old dear who lives there...

[masterzarlak]

Would this do the job?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sivitec-323423-Flexible-L...

[Shakermaker]

You aren't having much luck with postage stuff today are you?

[greygoose]

Strong magnet on a string, presuming it is a metal key.

[Mr Pointy]

Chunky Neodymium magnet on a rope:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnet-Expert-Neodymium-C...

They have bigger ones but you can't go too big as it needs to go through the letter box slot.

[CrunkleFloop]

If it's a magnetic key a neodymium on some string?

[anonymous-user]

Try the windows round back,thats the first place i tried when working for a locksmiths.

[57Ford]

Hopefully the old dear won't have had a delivery of a new debit card.

[ApOrbital]

Give neil chambers a shout.

[anonymous-user]

I hope this is a light hearted thread but i am concerned that you will be breaking the law in several ways....

[magooagain]

Alan535 said:

I hope this is a light hearted thread but i am concerned that you will be breaking the law in several ways....

Look at the OPs username,he could be a goody or a baddy!

[Hoofy]

This should do it: https://amzn.to/2sexLoV






If the door is 2 inches tall.

[robbocop33]

magooagain said:

Look at the OPs username,he could be a goody or a baddy!

Just to clear that up,second name is Robertson,nickname is Robbo,struggling for username when i first went on t'internet and!,well that's what popped into my head,oh,and the 33 is for the amount of houses i've broken into this year with all your help!!:-)

[sospan]

Ask a gynaecologist for help?

[Rewe]

Tell the police you were passing and noticed a bad smell and loads of flies. They’ll soon have the door kicked in!

[ColinM50]

sospan said:

Ask a gynaecologist for help?

No don't do that, he'll re wallpaper the hallway.

Magnet on a string. Done it a couple of times and it works