SunnySideUp

Fitted a new Yale Lock barrel recently on the front door ..... old one was sticking.

Got 4 keys with the new barrel ..... need 3 more.

Went into the key cutter today and ......... he said £5 for a duplicate key

£5!!!!!! I was expecting them to cost about £1:50 each or
something????

After some gentle bartering I got 3 for £9 ..... but still feel shafted ...... why so expensive?

mamoon2

Bartering? You tight old git

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Do you have 7 people living at your house?

SunnySideUp

I very rarely pay the asking price for anything

You don't get rich by paying what is asked .......

Timwinner

iTrader: (3)

Sounds like you get rich from being in the key business.

SunnySideUp

Well, there's Matron,

2 Home Helps

Me and the missus

Old Florence and

Harry

Tam the bam

It's only about 2 euros to get a key cut in Spain, but here in ripoff Britain it's at least a fiver a key, although 3 for £9 isn't bad going but you still got ripped off!

GC8

If you look about you can still get Yale keys cut for around £1:50. Also : you are not rich.

oldsplice

We had to get our locks changed recently and the Yale type ones could only be cut by the supplier (something to do with special numbers.........whatever.......) and they were £5-6 each IIRC. On the up side.......we could still get the Chubb ones done at the local hardware store for a couple of quid.

dpb

Nothing compared to an additional car key on the mondeo

oldsplice

Or having the locks changed on the Scoob.

GC8WRX

Bartering, wtf is this, 1942?

Jeez, you got a discount and still feel shafted?

This is what happens when you have too much time on your hands, the little things, that you wouldnt have given a second thought to if you were busy working, suddenly demand your full attention, then require an internet post afterwards

GC8WRX

The sort of nightmare customer that pi55es off every member of staff in every shop they go in

dpb

The sort of customer who pretends to be socialist

TelBoy

To be honest i don't see the problem with asking if the price is their best, especially in the current climate. Ok it might be terribly British what what to just pay up, but if you ask respectfully, the worst that can happen is to be declined.

Timpsons in London charge £6 for a key, i also think that's bloody ridiculous. Worse, you can spend £44 having shoes re-soled, and that isn't even their best option.

SunnySideUp

and you have the time to post - twice - on a thread you object to??

Classic

SunnySideUp

It was Timpsons I went into .... but not in London - feel a bit better getting them for £3 each now

unclebuck

Sounds like a scene from Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show.

dpb

Could of saved £7.60 and bought a can of wd ...!



( probably couldnt make a thread out of it )

GC8WRX

Touche

SunnySideUp