Work we turn down, and why
None of the work below is offered, and it is better to say so plainly than to waste your call:
- Car keys: supplying, replacing or programming them.
- Transponder keys and vehicle remotes.
- Cutting or copying keys, of any kind.
- Replacement or spare keys for doors and padlocks.
- Ignition barrel repairs.
- Motorbike and van keys.
The reason is simple. Keys are a trade of their own, with their own machines, and modern car keys are coded to the vehicle through systems that belong with the dealer. This business concentrates on doors and locks and does that well, rather than doing a little of everything.
The work is opening, repairing and replacing locks. Cars are opened when the keys are locked inside, and nothing more: see vehicle door opening. For a copy of a key, a key-cutting counter is the right place; for a car key, the dealer.