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How to choose local locksmith service provider?

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Re: How to choose local locksmith service provider?

Postby billdeserthills » 22 Oct 2014 14:57

cledry wrote:How many of these scammers have a shop again? Zero. A fake address is not a shop.

billdeserthills wrote:Lots of scammers in my area lie and say they have a store. They will even list an address & I have chased down over 35 and always find the address either doesn't exist, or it will be someone else's business. Usually turns out to be a vet, as my town has at least 10 vets. I started putting in my ads to "use a Locksmith You can trust--Always make sure they have an address" years ago and so made this trouble for myself, so to speak.



As You say, it is not a shop, but how does the client calling from his computer know that?
All the guy on the computer know is a bunch of locksmiths say they have a store. And this is where I am losing
business from. Also My business is The only locksmith in the whole town. That doesn't stop all the scammers from
saying they are right next to where my shop is at.
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Re: How to choose local locksmith service provider?

Postby cledry » 22 Oct 2014 17:37

billdeserthills wrote:
cledry wrote:How many of these scammers have a shop again? Zero. A fake address is not a shop.

billdeserthills wrote:Lots of scammers in my area lie and say they have a store. They will even list an address & I have chased down over 35 and always find the address either doesn't exist, or it will be someone else's business. Usually turns out to be a vet, as my town has at least 10 vets. I started putting in my ads to "use a Locksmith You can trust--Always make sure they have an address" years ago and so made this trouble for myself, so to speak.



As You say, it is not a shop, but how does the client calling from his computer know that?
All the guy on the computer know is a bunch of locksmiths say they have a store. And this is where I am losing
business from. Also My business is The only locksmith in the whole town. That doesn't stop all the scammers from
saying they are right next to where my shop is at.


I guess they could use GOOGLE. A quick look at my address at street level confirms a nice locksmith shop. A quick search of another "competitor" would show that they are a parking garage.
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Re: How to choose local locksmith service provider?

Postby billdeserthills » 22 Oct 2014 23:16

Ooh Yeah the client is foaming at the mouth for this opportunity
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Re: How to choose local locksmith service provider?

Postby billdeserthills » 22 Oct 2014 23:17

I guess they could know what the local 3-digit area # looks like, but the newbys don't seem to know the #'s used...
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