George’s 24 Hour Lock Service

George was fast and inexpensive! I will refer him to my friends.

Quick, professional, family business! George is pretty great, gave me a fair price for an after-​hours lockout ($ 60), and has been smithing for over 40 years! He arrived quickly and he and his son had the door open in no time! I don’t think they are great at advertising… so definitely support these local dudes if you can!
PS — Their new phone number is 510−821−7321.

Ripoff.
A little background… my neighbors have a foreign exchange student living next door. Neighbors are out of town, foreign exchange student is the only one home. They are the only ones with the spare key. So I knock on the door all day Saturday and all day Sunday… nobody answers I figure that the student isn’t home. I left a message for my neighbors to call the student and tell him to come home. Finally I gave up and called the locksmith.
I called George to come and unlock my door because I locked myself out. He quoted me $ 70, I said I’d call him back and he said «okay $ 60 – CASH». Fine… come on over.
Not even 5 seconds after the locksmith arrives… guess who decides to walk out of the house. Oh yes… mr. foreign exchange student with my key gleaming in the sunlight. So basically my idiot neighbor was home all day and DIDN’T ANSWER THE FREAKING DOOR!
So…the locksmith is like «Well I still have to charge you $ 60.» I’m like «You didn’t do anything!» He responds «It’s a service charge I have to charge you.»
I handed him his cash with a little «fuck you» under my breath… and basically yeah. he can go screw himself. $ 60 for what? To drive 5 miles? Fuck off… don’t use him… he’s a scam artist.
Granted…part of it is my fault for locking myself out and mostly my idiot neighbor’s fault… who now won’t answer the damn door to take the spare key back!
I hate locksmiths… they do nothing but rip people off.
5 seconds

I was locked out of the house and started calling locksmiths from the phone book. Most of the companies with big ads were too busy or too expensive. One company would not even tell me their price over the phone and wouldn’t be there for an hour, they said they would call, so I kept calling other locksmiths.
We called George, he arrive same time as the other locksmith, the other guys were late & also tried to tell me it cost more because it was after 5 (we called them at 4). I went with George, he was inexpensive $ 50 to open the lock. He got there in 15 minutes, did not have a different rate based on the time of day.
We called George again when we locked ourselves out of our new place while moving, he unlocked the screen door & showed me how to break the glass in the small window pane of the wood door when we realized that the door only unlocked from the inside. Once in the empty house he made sure it was really our place– we showed him the keys opened the door. He’s a friendly & decent guy, we talked about how he used to live in the same neighborhood.
Five stars for no hassle, fast arrival, working around problems, affordable, & professional. I highly recommend him.