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MIButterfly

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5. People like that guy are absolutely despicable, taking advantage of people, especially the elderly, like that.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:31 PM

14 hrs ago

There's a special place in Hell for the likes of him. I'm so glad they reached out to the reporter and she got her money back.

You just don't know who to trust anymore. The shady companies seem to outnumber the honest companies these days and they're getting more and more brazen. Almost $4,000 to change a lock? That is absolutely criminal. I shudder to think about the people who don't have family looking out for them. How are they supposed to fight people like this guy by themselves?

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90 year old woman charged $3,800 by a locksmith...until the news showed up at his door [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd 16 hrs ago OP

I am so weary of scammers and thieves. MontanaMama 16 hrs ago #1

And that guy is likely already running scams progressoid 15 hrs ago #2

I once read an article stating that some individuals listed on such referral sites have no locksmith experience at all. John1956PA 15 hrs ago #3

And, having installed the "new" lock, they likely now have a key! dickthegrouch 14 hrs ago #4

People like that guy are absolutely despicable, taking advantage of people, especially the elderly, like that. MIButterfly 14 hrs ago #5

I really prefer that their consequences be in the here and now. Yelp, NextDoor, niyad 13 hrs ago #9

Im glad the news showed the scammers image BlueWaveNeverEnd 13 hrs ago #14

Despicable. As an old gal Joinfortmill 13 hrs ago #6

I do not have to prepare for it. Sadly, as a woman, I have experienced the niyad 13 hrs ago #7

I'd like to know who the piece of shit bank was that 'declined' to help her dispute the charge. n/t PatrickforB 13 hrs ago #8

If you call a 800 number looking for a locksmith, you're actually talking to a broker FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #10

We have several longtime locksmiths here, highly reputable, thank goodness. niyad 13 hrs ago #12

I bought one of those real estate agent locks and keep extra keys BlueWaveNeverEnd 12 hrs ago #15

Oh..kinda of like when you order flowers BlueWaveNeverEnd 13 hrs ago #13

I'm sure that's where they got the idea FakeNoose 12 hrs ago #16

Equally sickening to me was an asshole in the comments who insisted niyad 13 hrs ago #11

Was his name Trump? MIButterfly 10 hrs ago #17