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fiber picks

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fiber picks

Postby mayeslocknkey » 3 Feb 2006 21:30

I bought a set of the fiber picks under the understanding that I could return if I wasn't satisfied. I tried and tried using my regular picks on the same locks. With not one lock picked with the fiber picks and all pick with my picks. I called and called trying to see what I had to do to send them back, no one would talk to me. I sent them back with a letter saying I wanted a full refund. They came back to me with some extra pices and the ones that broke trying to use them were replaced. Again I called and wrote. This time they said they would send a cut away padlock to watch what was going on. Nothing came! Now I sent them back again with another letter saying that I wanted a refund nothing else. They never came back and no refund.
I hear some like them
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Re: fiber picks

Postby wtf|pickproof? » 3 Feb 2006 21:44

mayeslocknkey wrote:I hear some like them


Never heared anything like that ....
Sorry, you had bad luck with them.
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Postby devnill » 3 Feb 2006 22:03

how much did you pay for them? if they werent too much, and they actually send the cutout, it may be a good deal. Keep fighting, i hate scammers.

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Postby Shrub » 3 Feb 2006 22:05

That is bad customer service except your getting a see through/cut away which makes up a little, if you dont want it you could sell it to recoup your money on the picks.

Name and shame the company is what i say.
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Postby stlbolt » 4 Feb 2006 1:44

Never heard of them, Where did you order from?
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Postby devnill » 4 Feb 2006 4:05

stlbolt wrote:Never heard of them, Where did you order from?


Fiber picks are a bit of a gimmic from what i can seep. the selling point is that they not mark the pins so that forinsics becomes more difficult. They are made from some fiberous material (like heavy duty toothbrush bristles.) I saw a link on this page from quite awhile ago, so searching could *possibly* dig up the link, but i dont know if the page would still be up becasue its design was pretty cruddy..

heres the link from lockpickshop.com:
http://www.lockpickshop.com/p-Fiber-Picks-K.html
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Postby stlbolt » 4 Feb 2006 4:17

Ohh wow, what I waste I would think... That sucks.. Thanks for the link and info :)
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Postby hung82000 » 4 Feb 2006 11:26

So their big selling point is that you don't leave marks for forensics? You have to kind of wonder who their target audience is with claims like that.
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first review

Postby raimundo » 4 Feb 2006 11:42

the fiber picks from pickmasters have been discussed theoretically several times but this is the first review that I have seen where someone has actually bought one. The intellectual rundowns on these things has come up almost totally negative, most posts just don't believe it could work, but I have always thought the idea could have something to explore, and as always, I say that I will by a tryout piece when they make one that will address all the pins in a medeco simultaneously. For addressing less than all the pins, I already have tools to do that quite effectively. but if they lengthen the brush to an inch and a quarter, perhaps with a mix of stiff and soft bristles, I will buy one if they treat customers right. As I said, this guy who started the thread, is the first to deal with them and report on it, all other posts about it were just talk with no experience mentioned. :?
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Postby quicklocks » 4 Feb 2006 16:11

just before Xmas i had a phone call out the blue from them asking me if i wanted to buy some i was hessitant and the price droped in 5 mins i cannot remember the price now but it was quite a drop then i said i wasnt realy interested but he pressed and in the end i said call back after xmas. which he did and i want through it all again and in the end i told him i was spent out after the holidays, he gave up.
why didnt i just put the phone down on him i hear you ask?
answer is im to nice and i like to hear the speel these people use so next time im wiser.
i think he was offering the complete set for about £55 :? not sure
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