£6 to get a key cut?

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£6 to get a key cut?
Jamie
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Just a bog standard UPVC back door key.

Admittedly I have not had a key cut in a while, but is this the usual cost? Ouch.

Posted 7 years ago

perchypanther
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Just a bog standard UPVC back door key.

Might be a bit bendy……Should’ve paid extra for a metal one.

Posted 7 years ago

CaptainFlashheart
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Back door, eh?

Posted 7 years ago

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perchypanther
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Buys a complex shaped piece of metal for house. Pays £6. Is horrified at expense.

Buys a complex shaped piece of metal for bike. Pays £50. Bargain.

Posted 7 years ago

spooky_b329
Full Member

you could buy a blank key and cut it by hand with a file?!

Posted 7 years ago

km79
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Doesn’t seem that expensive to me and normally most things do!

Posted 7 years ago

nickjb
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Is it a numbered key? You can often buy them online for less then the price of cutting. That said the price of keys is a bit messed up. £5 to get one cut, £3 to buy one online, £4 to buy a new lock with 3 keys

Posted 7 years ago

rogermoore
Full Member

They’ve got you over a barrel.
RM.

Posted 7 years ago

toppers3933
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Do you have the facility and time to cut it yourself? If not, its a bargain.

Posted 7 years ago

CaptainFlashheart
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ISWYDT, RM.

Posted 7 years ago

perchypanther
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ISWYDT, RM.

Yeah. I latched on to it too. 😉

Posted 7 years ago

trail_rat
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I’d pay 6 quid for a spare key for my van…..

Posted 7 years ago

theteaboy
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What’s the cost of not getting a key cut?!

Posted 7 years ago

magicman
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lol @ rogermoore

Posted 7 years ago

ahwiles
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sounds fair to me, and i live in Yorkshire.

Posted 7 years ago

Jamie
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Buys a complex shaped piece of metal for bike. Pays £50. Bargain.

Pfft. Like I ride a bike.

Posted 7 years ago

hooli
Full Member

Seems reasonable to me? Price of blank key, machine to cut key, man to operate machine, VAT/rates/rent other shop costs.

Posted 7 years ago

nealglover
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Admittedly I have not had a key cut in a while, but is this the usual cost?

I’d say it’s actually pretty cheap. Last year the ones I got done were a tenner each.

Posted 7 years ago

Matt24k
Free Member

How much were you expecting it to be?

Posted 7 years ago

cheers_drive
Full Member

I’ve just got back from having some keys cut £5 each for front door but the window key is a special at £12.50!
It’s not exactly something you need to but every day so even if they were £20 each is hardly the end of the world

Posted 7 years ago

jambourgie
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I bought some last year which were about £2/£2.50 apart from one special one that only special old cobbler’s had blanks for which was £4. So yeah. Sick squid sounds a bit much. Did you opt for a special colour with a rubber thing on it?

Ignore the hand-wringers asking “how much is your house worth to you without a key?”. That’s just ridiculous 🙂

Posted 7 years ago

nealglover
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Ignore the hand-wringers (etc)

I think in this case, the “hand wringers” are the ones moaning about the price of key 😆

Posted 7 years ago

jambourgie
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🙂

If the OP lives in a one-horse town fair enough. But I live in a city and you can’t open a cupboard without a locksmith falling out. Why pay £6 at the chain place when you can cross the roads and get 3 for a fiver? And maybe admire some awesome shoes while you’re there.

Posted 7 years ago

poolman
Free Member

Spot on avoid the chains. My local inde is 3e, mr minute in local shopping centre more than double.

Posted 7 years ago

Stoner
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Them orrible chains!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30724198

😉

Posted 7 years ago

wilburt
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Timpson is an interesting company, I like em.

£6 is bargain.

Posted 7 years ago

ampthill
Full Member

Timpsons sense of responsibility is incredible. 10% of staff are ex convicts…

I think the key for my old and unglamorous car was something around £160. Yes it has electronics in it but that doesn’t really change pain

Posted 7 years ago

CaptainFlashheart
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Timpson are bloody ace. Great company.

Everyone has their birthday off. Company holiday homes available, free of charge. Etc.

Not all corporations are evil!

Posted 7 years ago

MrSalmon
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I can’t find it in myself to see this as unreasonable.

Posted 7 years ago

nealglover
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I can’t find it in myself to see this as unreasonable.

If you really try hard, I’m sure you could 😉

Is it, maybe, racist? … or something. 😆

Come on…. it must be something!!

Posted 7 years ago

xico
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I know there are quite a few West Yorkshire folk on here, but next time you need a key cutting go to B&S Locksmiths in Huddersfield. While they are cutting your key take a look around – an absolutely amazing place, and well worth £6 for the visit alone!

Posted 7 years ago

poolman
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I like Timpsons…not all chains are evil.

Posted 7 years ago

MrSalmon
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If you really try hard, I’m sure you could

Is it, maybe, racist? … or something.

Come on…. it must be something!!
I’ve had a word with myself, and the best I can do is if they don’t accept contactless for the £6 they deserve to go out of business like the lazy, grasping shysters they are.

Posted 7 years ago

nealglover
Free Member

That’s better.

Posted 7 years ago

tewit
Free Member

10% of staff are ex convicts…

And you want to get your keys cut there? Are you **** mad? 🙂

Posted 7 years ago

one_bad_mofo
Full Member

Wait until you need to get a key cut for a Fiat car. I had to get one last year, a regular key cutter couldn’t do it as it has to be programmed to the car. One specialist later I was the owner of a £100 car ignition key. 🙁

Posted 7 years ago

scaredypants
Full Member

is this the usual cost?

buggered if I know

Posted 7 years ago

carlosg
Free Member

£6 sound like its probably about right, it’s £6 more than I pay though as one of my mates works for various landlords/letting agents in the Leeds area and has all the kit to cut his own keys.

Posted 7 years ago

geoffj
Full Member

CaptainFlashheart – Member
Timpson are bloody ace. Great company.

Everyone has their birthday off. Company holiday homes available, free of charge. Etc.

Not all corporations are evil!

POSTED 56 MINUTES AGO # REPORT-POST

+1 there’s a bottom line edition with the chief exec on which is well worth a listen.

Posted 7 years ago

jambourgie
Free Member

Wow, never knew that about Timpson. I hereby eat my words.

Posted 7 years ago