cheerIO wrote:Mikeyslock wrote:Thank you for your quick reply. Would you have any advice on how to go about getting licensed? And being able to do auto lock out work? Thank you again!!
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Sounds like a horrible place to try and be a Locksmith. Good luck to you.
by the time you invest in the schooling, tools, licensing, vehicle, gas, registration, maintenance, machinery, inventory and then advertising....you will be competing with hundreds of already licensed locksmiths who are trained and practising now.
If you intend to compete based on cost, I think you will find the barriers to entry mean that you will be required to increase your rates to close to similar pricing already on offer.
Just going and opening a vehicle is becoming less and less called for, when AAA and tow trucks pretty much cover the lower end of the pricing.
It is generally accepted that lockouts are not a viable source of continuing business. Most lockouts are emergency and if they are emergency then they should (by rights) expect to pay an emergency fee....which is often much higher than normal. Are you going to drop your tools on your current non-emergency job to go and do a lockout for the same non-emergency price? If you choose to do so....dont expect to be in business for very long.
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