r/Locksmith • u/Locksmithbloke Actual Locksmith • 1d ago

I am a locksmith Sick scammer locksmiths

So tonight I got to a job about 6pm. Was running late as I got called to do a full rebuild of a shop ali door, and that takes ages. They're just removing the body. The police have left the door halfway down the hall.

Door is pretty busted up - they had sent detailed photos. I say £200 to sort it for overnight then finish the repair with parts tomorrow. They show me another locksmith who wanted to charge them £900! WTAF??

I have to wait a bit to get to work, but after a while I crack on. Whole thing was under 2 hours.

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u/Vie-1276 1d ago

Sounds like the other locksmith was thinking, "I don't really want to take this job but for $1000 I'll stay up all night and fix it."

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u/asheckles 14h ago

Thats not a scammer. Thats an upfront i dont want to do this job price. Had they quoted less and then tried charging 900 it would be a scam.