John’s Locksmith

DO NOT CALL THESE PEOPLE!
I got locked outside my apartment, and this was the only shop open. I call up and it’s $ 29 for a tech to come by, then $ 25 to open the door. Sounds fair to me! 45 minutes later the technician arrives (the shop gave him the wrong address) and opens my door immediately. That’s great, right? He says my total will be $ 310 dollars, because there’s a $ 250 charge if they get the door open. WHAT? YOUR JOB IS TO OPEN THE DOOR.
Also, they only accept cash. No credit, no check. Who keeps that much cash handy? At this point the tech drives me to an ATM to withdraw cash because I have $ 50 on me at thats it. This people are scam artists preying on people who are desperate. NEVER AGAIN.

FRAUD, FRAUD, FRAUD !!! Same story I was quoted 29 $ just to come out n 25 $ for the service which I agreed upon. So the worthless tech comes fiddles with the standard door knob lock, All the while I’m asking and getting (reassured) by the tech that the price would be the same 29 $ n 25 $… The tech does not have any upgraded equip and says he can’t get in!!! He says it would 85 $ And not the 25 $ extra charge ONLY if he has to change the lock… So the idiot drills the a port and uses a flat head to open it bam it opens. Which I thought ok at least it’s open but destroyed. So he asks me do I want to change the lock I said NO ill do it myself. When all was said and done he charged the original 29 $ plus the 85 $!!! Without replacing a thing…114 $ to destroy a less than 20 $ lock which I could of done my self with a hammer and a flat head for free… I only payed also to get him the hell out and I was hoping to get at his Co. And manager the very next day cuz this was a 9:00pm call… I wanted reimbursement for the the extra charge on a service that was not even given to me. !! I called from 9:00 am to 5pm all day, !!! I talked to the supervisor which kept telling me that he would talk to the tech at once and he would call back to C where he charged me extra and why? Over and and over he said I will call you back in half hr after I speak to the tech, I’d wait one hr no call so I called them, this happened throughout the whole day!!! I kept calling back over and over because he was definitely not calling me back at all. He kept saying the tech is busy that’s y He has not called back WTF I’m a customer wanting to kno y I’m overcharged n he’s busy with other customers??? Really??? Finally the supervisor said why did I pay him??? So it’s my fault literally for calling THEM!!! Fed up I went to 219 Gennesse st to see what’s up face to face… it was a Fake business address go figure be aware do not ever call this worthless fraudulent company!!!

COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE AND DISHONEST. DO NOT EVER CALL THEM FOR SERVICE.
I called at 3:20AM and made an appointment stating that we need service ASAP. They said the tech would call me in 15min and the cost would be $ 25 for service fee and $ 29 per hour after that. 30min later, still no call. I called back and they transfer me to voicemail. Ridiculous. I call back and they tell me to hold and try to get the technician. The technician calls me at 4:20AM to tell me they will be here in 30 min and that he charges $ 45 service charge and then he needs to look at the lock. I have been waiting since f-​ing 3:20 and the pricing is completely different. I call back and they tell me $ 25 is STARTING PRICE. Complete bullshit. At this point I just want to cancel the locksmith but they tell me he’s on his way already. The tech gets here and he’s a complete A-​HOLE and tells me he wants to charge me $ 140. After waiting damn near 3 hours, the tech wants to come into MY HOME and tell me I’M PLAYING GAMES because I am not willing to pay $ 140 and that he’ll still charge me $ 80 for coming out. Are you kidding me? GET THE F OUT. Why the F would I even want to pay you? I should be charging you for wasting my nearly 3 hours of waiting for crap service. I have NEVER EVER worked with such a horribly dishonest and unprofessional service.
We ended up paying $ 100 which was still a rip off because the door knob doesn’t even cost that much. I wouldn’t have paid this price but I was tired and sick of them. I’ll just take it as giving money to the unfortunate imbecile.
This company is worthless. Not once did I get an apology for the terrible service and different prices provided.

Called the number. Disconnected.

A tenant was moving out and it was late Friday (4:45pm) and I wanted to get the locks re-​keyed. I made three phone calls to locksmiths to check prices and availability. John was the third call, easliy had the best price and was there in 15 minutes. He quickly got the three doors re-​keyed in less than 30 minutes. Very talented and nice fellow, though a little scruffy looking, I’d use him again and can’t recommend him enough. Thanks John!

Don’t try this at home. I locked myself out of my apartment just as I was about to leave for a 2 week vacation in Oregon. Had no time to do anything about the problem before leaving, landlord has no key, and I had my car keys on me, so I just took off and resolved to settle the matter when I got back.
Checked reviews on Unilocal.The first guy I called (Open and Shut Locksmith Service) had tons of positive reivews and lower than average prices ($ 60 before 4 pm), but I was a little put off by my brief interaction on the phone with him yesterday while I was slogging through the long drive home. He didn’t do anything wrong, but he’s obviously a busy guy and he didn’t seem to need my business much. So I crashed at a friend’s place and decided to take care of it this morning when the $ 60 rate would apply. But the busy guy had warned me that he wouldn’t be available until the afternoon and I didn’t want to wait that long.
So I found this guy John in the Yellow Pages. Dirt cheap advertised prices ($ 30 for house jobs/​$ 20 for cars). Only 1 review on Unilocal,but it was a positive one. I decided to give him a try. Very nice guy. He was at my door within a few minutes of the time I called. Got the door open in a New York minute. $ 30 just like the ad says. Doesn’t have a cellphone and, as another reviewer has noted, he’s not very fussy about his appearance, but he’s friendly, honest, knows what he’s doing and much, much cheaper than the standard rate ($ 80).
I’ll use him again if I’m ever dumb enough not to have a spare key outside of the place again.

Told my kid not to mess with the lock on his bedroom door. Big mistake. I headed out and about an hour later, guess who was locked out of his bedroom? Checked out the yellow pages. Lot’s of full page ads for companies that probably pay for the giant sized things by charging a fortune. Found a small ad for John’s. The thing that got me was that it said «sensible prices» and had a list for different «locked out» needs. Ours cost $ 30 and he was here in ½ an hour. Took him a little while, cause someone installed the lock upside down. He got it though (maybe 10 minutes). If you’re really nice to him, he may give you one of his pens. We got 2 !!! He’s got a bit of a wonky eye and reeks of cigs, but John definitely knows what he’s doing. I highly recommend his services.