The locksmith trade ~* The good, the bad and the ugly

[bitbuster]

Here's some 'ugly',
some old guy keeps coming into my shop, asking me to copy his square head, restricted Medeco M3 key

I keep telling him that the only place he can get that key is by calling the phone number on the head of his key

Today he comes in & wants to buy 3 schlage deadbolts & key them to fit his Medeco restricted key. Then
he stands there and insists he paid me to come out and key up his other locks to match, which obviously never
happe
ned.

By old, do you mean > 55?

[billdeserthills]

Here's some 'ugly',
some old guy keeps coming into my shop, asking me to copy his square head, restricted Medeco M3 key

I keep telling him that the only place he can get that key is by calling the phone number on the head of his key

Today he comes in & wants to buy 3 schlage deadbolts & key them to fit his Medeco restricted key. Then
he stands there and insists he paid me to come out and key up his other locks to match, which obviously never
happe
ned.

By old, do you mean > 55?

Def over 55

[cledry]

The good.

I just ran a call next to my house, I could have walked to the job. Replaced a patch lock on a door that another company claimed couldn't be done without pulling the door! I was done in 25 minutes and my share of the job after parts was $324. Not too shabby.