About an hour ago a lady called. She was locked out, and asked where I was. She then said it was too far, and she would try and find someone closer.
I just called the number back, an hour later, to check everything had gone ok. She has been stitched right up. A three figure sum has already been extracted from her, for a simple gain entry, via credit card, and the national call centre has already told her it will be a two hour wait! (So I’d still get there faster, leaving now…)
Please, please, support the local genuine locksmith! The prices from us are lower, I love the job, and I won’t keep you waiting for two hours.
I doubt I’ll ever find out how long she will wait, unless, of course, they simply cannot find anyone at all to cover the work in such a remote area. Then she might call back – though the pre-payment kind of means she is stuck with it…
David Mitchell makes a very valid point in this funny video – the word “passionate” is certainly overused and misused. So why would I say that I’m passionate about locks, security and safes? Because I am!
Partly, it’s because I’m a good locksmith – people tend to like things they have a natural flair for – but it feeds back, and becomes a passion. I will spend hours learning to defeat a new lock on the market, just because it is there. I’ll fiddle with a key and a bit of wire and the lock cylinder for hours if I think there is a way to beat it, and in the case of most of the products I supply or fit, I know exactly what the limitations of them are. And that, in turn, makes me a better locksmith.
Discreet Security are open for any emergency work during the world cup. Should you manage to lock yourself out, give us a ring! If you are in our area, we will get you in fast.
I was amazed to see that gold prices have gone up to 5 times what they were just a few years ago.
This is reflected in the many adverts promising cash-for-gold, but it is also sadly spurring an increase in crime. Gold is easy to fence – you just stick it in the prepaid envelope and they send you a cheque…
If you have a large range of gold jewellery, it might be worth considering buying a safe in which to keep it, rather than trusting a rather too portable jewellery box.
If you want to keep your liquid assets protected from casual burglary, or even rather more determined attacks, please give us a call. And whatever you do, don’t buy a cheap digital safe! Contact an expert for guidance.
Thinking you’ll be getting rich quick, due to the “national shortage” the locksmith training firms are shouting about?
For a little perspective, I did a search, and, in brackets after the link, you will see how many testimonials, names or companies there are for each training school…
http://www.advancedlocksmiths.org.uk/testimonials.html (7)
http://www.locksmithcourses.co.uk/letters.html (6)
http://www.assuredlocksmiths.co.uk/page_1219398081773.html (33)
http://www.locksmithtraininguk.co.uk/ (23)
http://www.locksmithtrainingcourse.co.uk/testimonials (4)
http://www.uklocksmithsassociation.co.uk/index.php?option=com_rsgallery&catid=2 (8)
http://www.traininglocksmiths.co.uk/page8.htm#Recent%20Students (44)
http://www.safeopenings.com/locksmith_training/ (100+ – membership of their organisation the NNAL is 750+ http://www.nnal.co.uk/forum/memberlist.php?mode=joined&order=ASC&start=750 )
http://www.thelocksmithtrainingcompany.co.uk/guestbook.htm (lots)
http://locksmithstrainingcentre.co.uk/ (specifically names 34 large organisations such as hospitals, police, councils, and the Army)
http://www.lockstraining.co.uk/testimonials (8)
http://www.rftraining.co.uk/locksmith_training.htm (4)
Even ignoring the apparently insane number of members of the NNAL trained by safeopenings.com in Birmingham, or trained up by thelocksmithtrainingcompany.co.uk, we get 7+6+33+23+4+8+44+34+8+4 or 171 new “locksmiths” testimonials.
And every single one of them is there for you to see for yourself. Now consider how many people never bother to give a testimonial, and how many have trained just in this last week.
Discreet Security doesn’t get much more discreet than a radio remote access control system.
Imagine the convenience of being able to open your front door (or any other door) in the same way as your car, with a simple press on a button.
Giving higher security, we can also offer voice and video entry systems, letting you screen callers to your home or office, in the same way you can screen callers on your mobile phone.
And, of course, for some, it isn’t just about convenience. If you are less than full able, getting all the way down the stairs to answer the front door may be difficult and slow, and if your postie doesn’t wait, you may keep missing your parcels!
This week, Discreet Security installed an access control system for a lady who is sadly confined to a wheelchair. Callers to her house, thanks to her new access control radio system, can be greeted by her via radio link, from anywhere in the house, and she can, if she chooses, simply press a button to grant access. This is a great relief to her husband, and he also benefits because he, too, has a fob which will let him open the front door from his car, which is ideal when helping his wife.
If you would benefit from, or would just like, a simple, secure and convenient way to open your doors, please get in touch for a free site survey, on 0845 355 0945.
Happy to report that Discreet Security’s first quarter has been up on last year, both in volume of work and turnover. Following relocation, which is always difficult for a small company, things are going well.
Although we face a lot of competition from new starts and those often less able than ourselves when it comes to opening a door, our professional approach and sheer first class ability seems to be garnering good word of mouth.
Every call brings something new, and this has ranged from panic room and access control installations taking days right through to un-bending a non-working key (for a house mortice lock) or fishing out a snapped key (in a car door lock) and copying a new one on the van, which can take very little time with the right tools.
With calm and dedication, we aim to leave you happy and secure.
Thank you to all our customers, past and future, and, of course, repeat!
Sad to report that after a week of careful driving and extreme weather, we are now snowed out (or snowed in).
With a layer of ice under 6″ of snow, conditions are treacherous, and even 4×4’s are struggling. Due to our rural location, and the lack of ploughing and gritting, we have no hope of reaching a main road. Even worse, we have had only two postal deliveries and two courier deliveries in the last 14 days, meaning that we have literally run out of the slip-resistant security upgrade nightlatches that are currently such a popular choice.
If you need a job doing, please still give us a call, as we can either schedule the work for once the roads clear, or help find someone else reliable to help you.
For the last 12 months the Government, particularly DEFRA and NaCTSO (National Counter Terrorism Security Office) have been telling farmers and farms to secure their fertiliser.
If you are interested in having a professional security review, or even secure area penetration testing (where we, with your permission, come and try to break in) then please contact us on 0845 355 0945, or by email at your leisure.
And it doesn’t need to be your fertiliser store – we test and audit everything from homes to hi-tech businesses!