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“We showed up at a job last week,” he said, “and this woman told me, ‘A young man came yesterday, quoted me $49 to open my door, then he drilled my lock, charge
by tnorthcutt 15y ago
“We showed up at a job last week,” he said, “and this woman told me, ‘A young man came yesterday, quoted me $49 to open my door, then he drilled my lock, charged me $400 and left — and now I need a new lock.’ I hear something like that almost every week.”
The way I interpret that statement, the locksmith quoted her $49, then did the work and insisted on $400.
- dctoedt 15y agoIt wasn't clear to me that the $49 quote was after the locksmith showed up - otherwise why would the woman have paid $400?
- tptacek 15y agoBecause she's at home by herself and there's a scary guy demanding money and telling her a BS story about how she owes it. Read reviews for plumbers sometime (another trade that tends to get emergency calls) and you'll see the same stories.
- raldi 15y agoAlso, if the guy gets angry, she can't retreat inside and lock the door.
- dctoedt 15y ago> Because she's at home by herself and there's a scary guy demanding money and telling her a BS story about how she owes it. You're right, I can see how that could happen. If she paid the money under those circumstances, she might have tried calling the cops; the prospect of the locksmith's being prosecuted for robbery, or maybe extortion or fraud, might have gotten her her money back. (Disclaimer: IAAL but I know very little about criminal law.)