Local Consumer Reporter Sting operation Exposes Crooked Locksmiths.

doosey · 2006-02-01T22:41:50+00:00

Local cable station had an undercover consumer report exposing crookedlocksmiths.What a riot!Case #1...Toyota Camry 4 door with the key in the ignition owner "locked out".Roadside assistance (they didn't say who) sends a Locksmith, NOT a dragonwagon, but a Locksmith. They hid the company name on his van, but it didsay Locksmith.He quoted her $140 to open the door.He arrives on site, looking like he just rolled out of a flophouse.The lady (really a reporter) has to keep asking him to repeat himselfbecause he doesn't seem to be speaking English. Phrases/words like"yooose" "we is" "I is" and so forth seem to be a staple of his vocabulary.I got the feeling he knew his sister very well.I also notice she (the reporter) keeps her distance, more than likelybecause the stench of the smith is unbearable.So anyway he starts to work on the door which is really funny because the idiot never bothered to check to see if any of the other doors were open.In fact the passenger rear door WAS unlocked and the reporter brought this to his attention after he unlocked the car (50 minutes BTW with a Pro-Lok kit) this boy must have been very dense.When confronted with the evidence the smith says "you should have told me the door was opened"....Even *I* couldn't believe that one.....Case #2 An owner locked out of her apartment on the ground floor of a garden apartment complex.Smith arrives and totally ignores the fact that the window to his left is completely open, no screen, nothing. Oh he glances at it and smiles, but never offers to climb into it or even point it out.Charges her $210 to drill out the locks and then gives her his card so he can sell her replacement locks.This guy just left when confronted with the fact that he was caught.There you have it.Locksmiths in action.And I used to think insurance salesmen and used car dealers were crooks......Personally, I wonder if these guys were really crooks?I think they were just brain dead, like most locksmiths are.We should never lame the...

Feb 01, 2006 22 Replies

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Stormin Mormon 20 years ago

Well, my registration is in the glove box.

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trader4 20 years ago

It's about time someone brought that up. Exactly what I was thinking. I think it's perfectly reasonable for a locksmith called to open a car to assume the person who called him over had at least the sense of a turnip and had tried all the doors. Sure, he could have checked again, but I don't think it makes him a crook or dishones just because he didn't. This isn't like taking a reporter taking a TV with just a blown fuse to be fixed and then receiving a bill for all kinds of uneeded repairs. They called the locksmith to open the car door and he did.

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SunshineTeam.net 20 years ago

It's like insulting the customer.

"Are you so stupid to have not tried the doors? I'm going to check to make sure you aren't stupid."

Sunsh>

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