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Posted by jenna mcivor, on
Hello, I was wondering if you could help me, I live locally in Buckhurst hill near the underground station. I had an unfortunate event recently with a locksmith that I believed to be local but turns out it was a sponsored ad on google to appear to be local. On new years morning when I returned home my key (that had been playing up) wouldn’t go into the lock and open the door. I called out a locksmith and I was charged the following: Call out fee £139 (Sunday Morning 3am bank holiday) Opening door £189 New lock £79 VAT £81.40 TOTAL £488.40 Labour time 15-20mins When I queried the cost, he became very aggressive and in a vulnerable position I paid the services. I wanted to ask you, does the above services sound correct for a call out Sunday Morning? Could you give me an estimate on your services would have been if I had called you out for the same service. Kind Regards, Jenna

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