Almost every time I go to Blackpool, Thornton, even Morecambe, I am amazed by the effect the sea salt has on the locks in the area. Even relatively new locks on high use doors are frequently worn out due to the corrosive effect of the sand and salt driven into every crevice by the often […]
Salt corrosion in Blackpool and along the Fylde coast Read More »
http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-4620 From August 19th 2005: — Locksmith sentenced on £2,750 benefit fraud charges A self-employed locksmith, who fraudulently claimed more than £2,750 in job seeker’s allowance and housing benefit while working, was given a 40-hours community punishment order and told to pay £100 prosecution costs at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Thursday 18 August). Darron Williams,
Locksmith on £2,750 benefit fraud charges – we need licensing! Read More »
Bad customer service seems, more and more, to be the norm. We at Lancashire Locksmiths / Discreet Security Solutions find this very sad, and we try our best to be there on time, or as fast as possible. Sometimes, we are late or slower than we would like due to traffic or other difficulties, but
Our business philosophy – great customer service Read More »
Well, yet again, we see spam coming in on a weekly basis, asking us to “Clcik here, and verify your online bank details” and other humorously low grade spoof attempts. A lot of this is for banks, as well as the usual PayPal and eBay stuff. Today, we got a phonecall, purporting to be from
Too much security, re-visited Read More »
With the rather amusing title How Jews celebrate christmas, LadyADA announced to the world her latest creation. It is a simple and cheap automatic radio frequency jammer. For not very much money, this pocket sized device will knock out cellphone calls and GPS within a 10 to 30 metre radius of itself. This has some
WaveBubble – an automatic wireless jammer Read More »
From the BBC website: Police in Malaysia are hunting for members of a violent gang who chopped off a car owner’s finger to get round the vehicle’s hi-tech security system. The Mercedes S-class was ‘protected’ by a fingerprint recognition system. So the answer? Run the driver over as he opens the door, then kidnap him,
“I’d give my right arm for that car” “I’d give your right arm for it too!” Read More »
Not really related to locks, but what, exactly, does the term “Lifetime warranty” mean? I see the term about the place, not relating to locks, generally, but I’ve seen it on handcuffs, flashlights, knives, and other “security industry” gear, and so I wonder. Locks tend to have extremely long lifetimes. The ERA products we supply
Lifetime warranty? Read More »
This Video should be enough to make you wonder if there are still any secrets out there! Watch as Barry Wels and Paul Crouwel show off a shiny Russian embassy lock. These are very, very hard to come by, as they are only used in Russian embassies. I’m sure someone in the GRU/KGB/internal security department
Two videos by Barry Wels Read More »
Reports are coming in that some of the national “locksmith” services have not only upped their prices to the £160 mark, but that the quoted price is *only for labour* and the “locksmith” sent to open your door will, incredibly, *break down your door by force* and then *charge you* for repairing the damage! (And
*Always* get a second quote! Read More »
A company director whose firm charged customers up to eight times more than the prices it quoted was fined last Thursday. Watford magistrates convicted Mark Makowski of Phoenix locks Ltd, based in Potters Bar, on five charges of consenting and conniving to mislead customers when his company committed the offences. The court heard that Phoenix
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