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Interesting. I once tried to get a copy of a key to a security lock (a fact I didn't know) in Germany. The guy in this tiny little shop (which I'm sure would ot
by kleiba 14y ago
Interesting. I once tried to get a copy of a key to a security lock (a fact I didn't know) in Germany. The guy in this tiny little shop (which I'm sure would otherwise be happy for every customer) had one look at the key, then handed it back to me straight away. He wouldn't do it.
Maybe I should have just gone to a couple of other shops?
- 6d0debc071 14y agoSame sort of experience in the UK, when trying to get a copy of my front door key made. You needed the original barcode that came with the keys to order copies.
- emeidi 14y agoThat's probably the reason why a lot of keys here in Switzerland nowadays have chips on them as well.
- emeidi 14y agoI assume European lock smiths are a little bit more suspicious when it comes to copying keys ...
- abcd_f 14y agoOr he couldn't do it. Some keys require specialized fabrication hardware, which can get really expensive.
- namdnay 14y agoDid you have proof of (home I suppose) ownership with you? If not he didn't do it because it would have been against the law.
- kleiba 14y agoNo, as I said, I wasn't even aware that it was a secure key. I can't remember exactly what the key was for, presumably to the door of my rental apartment.
- namdnay 14y agoIf I remember correctly, the renter isn't allowed to copy keys (presumably because he could then use them to break in to the flat a few years later).