Clearing up the mess of National Locksmiths

I have often warned customers via my Social Media pages that its not always a very good idea to use National Locksmith companies. They often employ under-qualified, so called locksmiths with only a few weeks experience, days of experience in some cases.

National Locksmith companies also do not always care about a friendly, professional and local service, going instead for a hit and run approach, all in the pursuit of vast profits for a company that can be based hundreds of miles from Ipswich.

Typically they have head offices in large cities and their services are run like franchises. They often have very unprofessional people who really don’t care about charging you in excess of £150.00 to have your front door taken off its hinges, you are in your now right? So its all good, even if the wind and rain is whistling through the broken window or the door frame is damaged beyond repair.

They then leave with the cash and you are in a bad security predicament that was ten times worse than before and you can’t always claim this sort of damage off your home insurance and even if you can it will take weeks to resolve- that is even if you can find the Locksmith that did the damage in the first place.

It may seem exaggerated, but there are hundreds of unprofessional people masquerading as professional Locksmiths in the UK, they have had a few hours training off the job and don’t really have much experience into how to repair a damaged lock without resorting to a hammer or a drill. These people cause untold damage and monetary pain to vulnerable people and exploit them for money, often many hundreds of pounds and in the end the poor individual has to call in a good local locksmith to repair the damage which causes them to be more out of pocket.

I am often called out to sort out the damage caused by these national locksmiths so I thought for this blog post I would write it up and show pictures of the damage as a warning that you should always go for a local locksmith that lives and works in Ipswich and its general area as the first choice.

Last week I was called out to repair the damage caused by a national locksmith, they had charged £150 odd and had ruined the lock and door surround beyond repair. The lock was completely shot and they had damaged the screws on the faceplate by over tightening them, chewing the screw heads off.

I had to resort to grinding the screws and lock out to remove it which goes completely against my work ethic and pride in my work. Luckily all was well and I left the customer feeling safe and secure in the knowledge I had now done it all properly. They can now sleep at night knowing they are a little bit more secure and I can leave them knowing I did a good job.

Here is the image of the aftermath of the poor job the national locksmith did.