Locksmith question
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seems like a scam to me, aren't doorlocks like 50 quid or something?
389 to remove? was he on about 1200 quid an hour?
you can buy a whole new front door for 1400?
this site suggests you can get a basic upvc door fitted for under 2k
www.greenmatch.co.uk
Maybe when you buy a new door they don't come with what seems to be 800 quid worth of locking mechanism though
what is it a retinal scanner? dna tester?
389 to remove? was he on about 1200 quid an hour?
you can buy a whole new front door for 1400?
this site suggests you can get a basic upvc door fitted for under 2k
uPVC Front Door Cost Guide 2024: Installation in the UK
The average price range for new uPVC doors is £340-£1,100. Find out what affects the price of new uPVC doors and how you can save on installation.
www.greenmatch.co.uk
Maybe when you buy a new door they don't come with what seems to be 800 quid worth of locking mechanism though
what is it a retinal scanner? dna tester?
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Looks like he got rinsed to me, but I only know the price as per it has been done at work - emergency call out fee £80-150 isn't abnormal but labour more like half that and replacing the lock usually sub £200, maybe another £100-200 if it needs additional work fitting/adjusting.
Soldato
Where is he based?
Fleeced looking at those prices though.
Fleeced looking at those prices though.
London,
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He paid credit card
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Speak to the locksmith first and invite them to revise their bill, say a mistake was made, he was obviously charged the wrong amount.... if that fails, could speak to the credit card company, say it was a scam? they should be able to advise you.
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Can't see any online presence as well, which to me is always a bad sign.
Really sorry to hear that, is you dad old enough to be "Not so wise"?
Don
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I think a lot of it is going to depend on the circumstances - if he's locked out and entry was done destructively then a new multipoint lock mechanism may well have been needed.
(But then again you'd hope for £389 "Labour to open the door" it would have been non-destructive!)
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Appreciate it was different (I'm not in London for a start!), but I got a locksmith out last year to replace a gearbox (non-urgent so no callout charge etc), and it was £150 all in
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Early eighties, but he's had a small stroke
Commissario
That seems more like the price of a new door.
It looks like the bill is made up of
Callout
Labour to open the door (did it take 4 hours or something? given he's also charged the emergency fee).
Replacing the locking mechanism
Replacing the lock with a medium security one (at about 7 times the price of a good high security lock).
Fitting and adjustment.
That to me is an incredible amount.
It looks like the bill is made up of
Callout
Labour to open the door (did it take 4 hours or something? given he's also charged the emergency fee).
Replacing the locking mechanism
Replacing the lock with a medium security one (at about 7 times the price of a good high security lock).
Fitting and adjustment.
That to me is an incredible amount.
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The call out fee is on the high side but relatively normal, the fitting and adjusting fee is ok, everything else is a complete **** take, what even is the "new medium security"?
There's no lock that costs £400+, even an entire multipoint mechanism would be £100-200
Drilling out the old lock should have been included in the call out fee, not an extra £389, how many days was he there!?
There's no lock that costs £400+, even an entire multipoint mechanism would be £100-200
Drilling out the old lock should have been included in the call out fee, not an extra £389, how many days was he there!?
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Caporegime
Wow! Thats beyond disgusting.
Caporegime
I’d have another one if I was given that bill!
Compared to what places local to me are quoting it is very high - most of them don't charge a call out fee unless you want a priority response during unsociable hours as well. Be interesting to see what someone who actually works in the trade says though.