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"Sometimes less so, but I’d do it anyway because I needed the money and I had no proof of the contrary (innocent until proven guilty right?)." Huh, is it legal

• mygo 8y ago
  anyone can call a mobile locksmith and ask them to help them get into their locked car stuck in the KFC parking lot with their keys inside. It’s usually up to the locksmith to obtain proof of ownership. otherwise they’re running the risk of committing a break-in. they usually have you sign something beforehand that tries to mitigate their liability. however I’ve used some shady locksmiths who just pulled up in the passenger seat of their friend’s ride and did it without a contract and took cash. at least they didn’t scratch my car.
  • Rjevski 8y ago
    In my case they always had the keys, it was purely the electronics side that was failing. In fact I explicitly remember one idiot who manually broke the transponder chip inside the key in half (no idea what they were attempting to do - replace the battery?). I can’t tell for sure that all the clients were legit, but those ones were so stupid they had to be legit! I took cash as well, because I was under 18 and couldn’t legally run a business at that time (but still needed to eat and buy drinks every weekend, and family couldn’t afford it).
• Rjevski 8y ago
  Not sure, but given the shitty cars I’ve worked on, I wouldn’t care even if they were stolen - nobody would call the police for such things - if anything they’d be glad someone took them away for free! I would probably feel differently if I got called to work on a supercar but that didn’t happen.