We understand, choosing a locksmith when you’ve never needed one may come down to just a few things.
Because no doubt you’re going to look online, click the first few locksmith links and make your choice based on the impression and confidence that website gives you. It’s obvious, you don’t have all day to search especially if you’re locked out and have to get the dinner on.
And from that viewpoint, in a contest between national and local independent locksmiths, the bigger firms clearly have the upper hand. They have the money to make their website as flashy as possible and to pay marketing companies to get it higher in the listings. There’s nothing wrong with that. They’ll no doubt do a good job if you use them as well.
A local locksmith will likely be equally as good though, and since most will be sole traders if you do the other thing sensible thing and compare reviews you can at least be certain that their rating will be down to just one man’s abilities and not drawn from the many perhaps.
But all things being equal, websites, reviews, that two locksmiths will be as good as one another, oh and distance away, you should consider that as well, there is one thing a national locksmith will never be able to say in comparison, and most local independent ones can, and that in a nutshell dear reader is (pause for dramatic effect) …we’re almost certainly going to be cheaper.
Just think about it. A local locksmith will have less overheads, operate from home most likely and not from offices, only have themselves to pay and not admin staff and they’ll take your call themselves with no operator involved. All things bound to keep the price down.
And necessities of scale aside, there’s another factor you might not think of when you’re desperate to get inside and peel those potatoes. Something to clearly, absolutely, definitively and undeniably make a difference to any bill from a larger firm over a small, local one whatever the job is… a national locksmith will often have more running costs to cover.
Bigger offices, more staff, fancy vans with shiny logos, all that adds up. And where does it end up? On your bill. A local locksmith though, will usually work from home, answer their own phone, and turn up themselves. No middleman, no big admin team, just one person from start to finish. All things that can help keep the price down and make the whole thing a lot less hassle.
Ok, maybe not the Nationals now it’s been pointed out.
But in these times where supporting local business is needed and something most like to do, when it comes to locksmiths, smaller and independent really might be better anyway.
And at least 20% cheaper.
