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Introduction

Pull up a chair, grab a cold one, and talk about life as a locksmith. Trade stories of good and bad customers, general work day frustrations, any fun projects you worked on recently, or anything else you want to chat about with fellow locksmiths.

Introduction

Postby shutterstuff » 4 Jan 2015 23:48

Hi everyone! I am new to the locksmith trade having started with a retired mentor back in June of 2014. I found myself unemployed just weeks before my wife was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. What a year it has been!

"Mentor" sold his business a few years ago and equipped a 16' trailer as a mobile key shop. His wife decided he did not like it, so it only made one trip to Quartzite (sentence is grammatically correct... ;). I was able to purchase his inventory of about 1600 different keys with a total inventory of about 10,000 keys along with a few machines and tools. He made me a deal that included his training. And 42+ years is worth a lot but his health is also failing.

I am now in the process of setting up a mobile only business in a small town in the Northwest US. I have spent the past couple weeks going over past posts and find there is a lot of information available. Ironically, lockpicking is my biggest challenge!

In November, I got my business license, resellers permit, insurance and bond as well as the State required Specialty Contractors license. So legally I am all set and have done a few jobs already.

I got my start in retail back in 1978 and have owned a couple retail businesses over the years. I am looking forward to having a mobile business and better control over my hours than working for someone else.

Enough for now and I look forward to interacting here in the future.
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Re: Introduction

Postby bioggy » 5 Jan 2015 22:16

Welcome I believe some where there is a welcome thread but none the less welcome to the forum, I look forward to getting to meet you around :)
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