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Posted by Roger Shoaf on April 9, 2007, 12:43 pm
Sounds to me like you had the suitcase upside down. Samsonite uses a
gravity catch to prevent opening the case upside down. If you would have
flipped the case to the other side it would have opened.
Call around to luggage stores they can either repair it for you or advise
you where to go. If you have no luck check out the used suitcases at thrift
stores and see if you can either find another case that matches or one that
has the same locks you can swap into your case.
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
> I just went on a trip, and when I got there I couldn't
> pull out (swing out?) those two latch-things (that also
> have the key-hole on them).
>
> And no, they weren't key-locked.
>
> We *finally* got it open (two of us!) by looking
> at my other (identical) suitcase, peering in,
> and soon understood how the latching-mechanism
> worked (by sliding a hook (that grabbed the suitcase
> top-half): "locking" it (not really locking with key, but
> don't know a better word at 5am up-all-night) when
> shifting if one way, and un-hooking the other way.
>
> (The pushing in and swinging out of those latches
> translates into the horizontal motion of the hooks.)
>
>
> ANYway..., we finally got it open, by using all
> our strength by pushing the suitcase top-half
> one way (left or right, I forget), and the
> bottom half the other way, attempting to
> "slide the unfortunately-immovable hook" -- the HARD way!
>
> ---
>
> Coming back home, I bought three ropes (synthetic
> something) and tightly wrapped each around the
> suitcase, many knots, etc -- and it arrived ok.
>
> ----
>
> OK -- you understand the situation.
>
>
> Question: can *I* fix it?
>
> (probably cheaper to just buy a new one than
> pay <who knows how much> to get someone to fix it.)
>
>
> THANKS!
>
>
> David
>
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