Samlocksmithswoking Bewertungen 10

I wish I had searched this site before contacting this company. I have had a similar experience to many others. I messaged them to ask for a quote for a replacement lock. They phoned within minutes to say they had a locksmith available in the area at that moment and that he would do the job for £90 + VAT. A reputable local company had quoted £180 including labour and VAT which I thought was a bit high but am now wishing I had accepted.
The locksmith arrived within the hour. He immediately said that the work would cost £350 because the "lock was old".I declined and he first began talking about "cancellation fees" but then decided that he could modify an existing lock in his possession and fit it for £150.I allowed him to do this . The "modification" and fitting took about 15 minutes, then he gave me an invoice for £150 but adding £50 labour and £40 VAT making a total of £240.He insisted I sign the invoice and disappeared.I later found that the small print on the invoice contained words to the effect that all charges had been explained in advance and that I had given permission to proceed in this knowledge.
I am still puzzled by the fact that I paid this bill but made an unfortunate assumption that it was my fault for not getting him to comprehensively set out his charges in advance when of course the fault was his.I did attempt to complain but got nowhere.It seems from other comments on Trust Pilot that this company "Sam Locksmith" does not employ locksmiths directly but operates in many different parts of the country as a conduit for local rogue
traders.In this case the traders were "Lock Serv Ltd" who are based in Maidenhead but who also have recent reviews citing overcharging following bogus initial estimates.

AVOID this company at all costs. Rip off merchants. Double the price and poor quality work. The lock replacement took 10 minutes and the screws used are soft and not flush with the lock. As such poor quality, the new cheapest quality lock fitted cannot be removed easily. Trading Standards should be told. They state they are local but they are not - it’s just a scam and the lady who answers the phone hung up when I challenged her. AVOID at all costs.

SCAM SCAM SCAM!! ZERO Stars to be honest.

Were quoted £59 call out & £20 for new lock over the phone.
No mentions of costs on arrival or throughout. Only to be presented with bill after the job was complete.
Charged £189 for drilling out of the door
£389 for lock and the £59 for labour. +vat.
Just appalling.

When contacted the company after to query, they had the script ready to read.

Karma will get these ruthless people. What a horrible way to conduct yourself.

Very dissapointing service provider. Do not contact them, My son forgat the key inside, they have given the Price of 59 gbp to open the door, then he has been forced to pay 90 gbp, when my son refused to pay that much, that Man closed the door to his face. So he had to accept 80 gbp for the door to be opened again which took 10 second again to re-open.
Do not contact with this Company.

Wouldn’t even give 1 star . Called the office explained my son was locked in , it was a chub lock and was told it would be £89 with a new lock . Man arrived and charged me £286.80 just to drill the lock out . The man was quite rude on the phone too. The office told me not to pay until the work was done but the guy refused to do a 2 second job until he was paid . Absolute rip off merchants. AVOID AVOID AVOID

I am a support worker working with clients who have mental health needs and additional support requirements.

This morning I had a very distressing experience when arranging locksmith services to help my client secure her property. I contacted Samlocks in Woking, who advertise a free call-out service. The locksmith attended and advised that my client needed a new lock. However, he proceeded to remove the existing lock without obtaining consent first.

After removing it, he quoted £450+ for a replacement lock, which my client was unfortunately not prepared to pay at that time. We therefore requested that the original lock be reinstated in the same condition it had been before — able to open and close, although not locking securely.

The locksmith reinstalled the lock, and my client needed to leave the house, so we left the property. When we later returned and attempted to open the door, the lock was completely jammed and would not open, leaving my client locked out of her own home.

As you can imagine, this caused my client a great deal of distress. I contacted the locksmith company to explain the situation, but they attempted to charge us a £70 call-out fee to resolve a problem they had caused themselves. During the phone call, the person I spoke to was also extremely rude and dismissive, at one point saying “what do you want, woman?” when I was simply asking for assistance for my client. They advertise a free call out fee which i understand we had used initially but to them cause damage to lock and leave this unusable and not be willing to come out a rectify or even advise on the problem is just unacceptable.

I cannot adequately express the level of upset and distress this situation has caused my client, who was left locked out of her home with very little care or concern shown by the company. Fortunately, the situation is now being resolved for my client!

Worse than 1 star. Quoted £59 all in over the phone then wanted £59 plus £95 when arrived for a simple 5 min job. I refused and called back the call centre to complain. They were very rude. In the end the person on site spoke to them and they agreed to half their fee. AVOID unless you have no other options.

The call-out operator convinced me that a replacement lock was very expensive, quoting some £375 for the grade 6 HS lock with job on top. What they installed in the end was a Versa brand lock that costs somewhere between £11- 20 pounds at B&Q. Called to discuss - the switchboard person was aggressive and rude.

After seeing the reviews of this place operating across the UK, I learned I wasn’t the only one. Will report to trading standards for investigation.

After discussing the issue on the phone, I was told the cost was £59 labour for the lock replacement plus the price of the lock itself, and that the workman would be with me within 30mins. An hour later he turns up, drilled out the lock within seconds and stated that the labour cost is £139, plus the lock. I told him the bill was incorrect and he simply said “I needed to use a drill which automatically put up your bill and it’s done now”. WHAT?!?!

He was obviously going to use a drill to remove a lock, as per the conversation on the phone. According to Trustpilot, this is apparently common practice for this outfit to lie on the call and then bump the charge once on site

Scam company. Tried to charge me £600 for new patio lock. Said there was no call out charge, but made me pay him £59 “cancellation fee” instead. Scam artists avoid!!!