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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.
Just a bog standard UPVC back door key.
Might be a bit bendy......Should've paid extra for a metal one.
Back door, eh?
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.
you could buy a blank key and cut it by hand with a file?!
Doesn't seem that expensive to me and normally most things do!
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
They've got you over a barrel.
RM.
Do you have the facility and time to cut it yourself? If not, its a bargain.
ISWYDT, RM.
ISWYDT, RM.
Yeah. I latched on to it too. 😉
I'd pay 6 quid for a spare key for my van.....
What's the cost of not getting a key cut?!
lol @ rogermoore
sounds fair to me, and i live in Yorkshire.
Buys a complex shaped piece of metal for bike. Pays £50. Bargain.
Pfft. Like I ride a bike.
Seems reasonable to me? Price of blank key, machine to cut key, man to operate machine, VAT/rates/rent other shop costs.
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.
How much were you expecting it to be?
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
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 🙂
Ignore the hand-wringers (etc)
I think in this case, the "hand wringers" are the ones moaning about the price of key 😆
🙂
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.
Spot on avoid the chains. My local inde is 3e, mr minute in local shopping centre more than double.
Timpson is an interesting company, I like em.
£6 is bargain.
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
Timpson are bloody ace. Great company.
Everyone has their birthday off. Company holiday homes available, free of charge. Etc.
Not all corporations are evil!
I can't find it in myself to see this as unreasonable.
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 [i]something!![/i]
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!
I like Timpsons...not all chains are evil.
If you really try hard, I'm sure you couldIs 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.
That's better.
10% of staff are ex convicts...
And you want to get your keys cut there? Are you ****ing mad? 🙂
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. 🙁
buggered if I knowis this the usual cost?
£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.
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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!
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+1 there's a bottom line edition with the chief exec on which is well worth a listen.
Wow, never knew that about Timpson. I hereby eat my words.
One specialist later I was the owner of a £100 car ignition key
Vauxhall insignia = £145.
Yay! I win!
Oh, hang on...
£6 at Timpsons? Criminal
Timpsons sense of responsibility is incredible. 10% of staff are ex convicts...
That'll explain why I felt robbed 😀
The bottom line podcast is a classic btw.
Its not just about employing ex offenders although that always gets the headlines. Really its about how the owner has decentralised the business, the sales data isnt linked, what happens in a store is left to the manager of that store.
Unheard of from a big chain when normally everything is analysed to the last customer cough.
At the time of the podcast it seemed to be working, hope it still is.
Try getting a barrel-type key for a bike lock cut for six quid! I just had a nice brass back-up front door key cut to keep in my wallet at Timpson's, and it was £6, IIRC. Seems reasonable to me.