NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/misc/consumer/15341

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From: [e-mail] (Steve Bender)
Subject: Re: Was this a ripoff?
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Keywords: locksmith
Sender: sbender@navajo (Steve Bender)
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Organization: Evans & Sutherland
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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 16:06:21 GMT
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|> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Stephanie Oberg) writes:
|> >>>Does the following tale sound like a ripoff?
|> >>>She called me, and I spoke to the locksmith.  Here is what he told
|> >>>me he had done:
|> >>>   2 hours waiting
|> >>>   5 new locks @ $95(!) because the originals were too old to be rekeyed.
|> >>>                        Is this possible?  My frient (later) told me they
|> >>>                        had been rekeyed in the past.
|> >>>   re-key 4 of the locks to match the fifth.
|> >>>   A few extra keys (don't know how many.)
|> >>>   Install the new locks.
|> >>>
|> >>>Is $800 plus reasonable for this?  Was she cheated?  If so, I feel
|> >>>sorry for this locksmith if she decides to get even.

I had the locks rekeyed in my current and previous homes.  In both cases,
I removed the locks myself (can be easily done with a couple of screwdrivers)
dropped them by a locksmith and picked them up an hour or so later.  Cost
of doing this was about $8 or $9 per cylinder (lock) plus a couple dollars
for the keys.

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Steve Bender
Evans & Sutherland
[phone]
Salt Lake City, UT 84108

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