cheap locksmith in brighton?

[desprateseagull]

dumbnuts here lost my keys - anyone on NSC recommend a cheap locksmith to get me back in?

I have limited funds, so cheap as possible would be welcome (cheapest so far is £47?!)

it's a standard (Yale?) lock I think..

many thanks!

 

[desprateseagull]

geez. £65 with new barrel.

 

[csider]

Cheap and Locksmith is not possible in the same sentence!!

Try Thomas in Portland rd.

 

[bristolseagull]

these guys should be able to help

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[desprateseagull]

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[desprateseagull]

update- final cost only £47 (£40+VAT)- after a bit of fiddling with a bendy sort of crowbar thing through the letterbox, we is in!
so a big up to Haines security, St James Street -
t 01273 697799

other quotes i had were from £55+VAT (£65ish) and up..

 

[Ding Dong !]

update- final cost only £47 (£40+VAT)- after a bit of fiddling with a bendy sort of crowbar thing through the letterbox, we is in!
so a big up to Haines security, St James Street -
t 01273 697799

other quotes i had were from £55+VAT (£65ish) and up..

I am a Locksmith and take my word for it, that is a good price.


Anything from £65 - £90 is what you might have to expect to pay for replacing a Rim cylinder. You have to beware though, 70% of the Locksmith ads in the Yellow Pages are call centre locksmith firms based in places like Birmingham, Reading, Manchester and Poole ( and they buy local STD code numbers ie 01273 and then fed through to their call centre to then sub out the jobs to local Locksmiths like myself ) Their prices would start at about £85 upwards !!!! Although I have my on Locksmith business, I regularly do jobs for the Birmingham based firm ( as a sub contractor ) where it takes me two seconds to open a door and the customers bill is £150 !!! ( I get 35% less tax and they take 65% just to answer the phone !!!! ) Can't understand why those people do not phone around .

Oh and that crow bar thing you refer to is a letter box tool kit ( manipulates all types of rim locks )

I'd have charged approx £ 60 - 70 myself which would have included a new lock ( if needed ) or £50 and no VAT

 

[loowest]

if you are a quick learner, search on youtube to find some locksmith video clips, i guess that's the cheapest way.

 

[Nottseagull]

I am a Locksmith and take my word for it, that is a good price.


Anything from £65 - £90 is what you might have to expect to pay for replacing a Rim cylinder. You have to beware though, 70% of the Locksmith ads in the Yellow Pages are call centre locksmith firms based in places like Birmingham, Reading, Manchester and Poole ( and they buy local STD code numbers ie 01273 and then fed through to their call centre to then sub out the jobs to local Locksmiths like myself ) Their prices would start at about £85 upwards !!!! Although I have my on Locksmith business, I regularly do jobs for the Birmingham based firm ( as a sub contractor ) where it takes me two seconds to open a door and the customers bill is £150 !!! ( I get 35% less tax and they take 65% just to answer the phone !!!! ) Can't understand why those people do not phone around .

Oh and that crow bar thing you refer to is a letter box tool kit ( manipulates all types of rim locks )

I'd have charged approx £ 60 - 70 myself which would have included a new lock ( if needed ) or £50 and no VAT

That's an eye-opening insight into your industry, DD. Would the letter box tool kit be capable of opening a deadlock if the key was left in (eg overnight)?