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‘I was charged £1,406 after my key snapped in my door’: how to protect against locksmith fraud
One young woman had to find £1,406 when a key broke in the lock and two men refused to leave until she paidA key snapped in the lock as my son and his young babysitter tried to open my front door. The babysitter searched online and called a locksmith quoting a £49 call-out charge.The locksmith claimed the key could not be extracted and insisted the entire locking mechanism had failed and would need to be repaired at his workshop, at a cost of around £400. Continue reading...
One young woman had to find £1,406 when a key broke in the lock and two men refused to leave until she paid
A key snapped in the lock as my son and his young babysitter tried to open my front door. The babysitter searched online and called a locksmith quoting a £49 call-out charge.
The locksmith claimed the key could not be extracted and insisted the entire locking mechanism had failed and would need to be repaired at his workshop, at a cost of around £400. Continue reading...
