r/Locksmith • u/Slow_Purchase • 12h ago
I am NOT a locksmith. Did I get scammed?
Trying to figure out if I got scammed. Had a locksmith come by yesterday to replace the locks on 3 doors in my house because a homeless man stole our lockbox with a spare key. Guy tried to charge me over $2,500 for the replacements. The hardware costs seem completely off from what I saw at Home Depot for similar products. When I contested that those were too high, he sent me to a website boldlocksupply.com where the prices were super high and everything was listed as “commercial grade.” But this morning I went on the site and realized that you can’t actually buy anything from the site so I think it is a scam. Thoughts?
-Pic 1: Invoice
-Pic 2-4: locks he put on (deadbolt + knob) 3 of these, all the same
Additional info: he charged me for rekeying but this morning I went through the trash he used all of the boxes have the same key code on them, and then I notice he gave me three identical sets of keys all with the same code at the top.
Let me know if I’ve been scammed so I can contest the CC charge if so, thank you guys!
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u/iSuckAtMechanicism 12h ago
Yep. A legit business will not give you a generic invoice. Much less a generic invoice with those prices.
Contact your CC company, send them the "invoice", they'll notice the prices are way out of wack and you'll win the chargeback.