Yeah, me too. Maybe he just never bothered. To be fair to the locksmith, it's really much more of a job than just picking. They make their living installing, replacing and servicing. The guy who comes to grind off your lock is making a housecall, and $75 sounds like a going rate. He's bonded and licensed, so a cop can't mosey up and accuse him of a crime. It costs him money to stay in business. This particular guy maybe took things a little personally, the way a doctor would with a patient who keeps looking up stuff on the internet and assuming he knows more than he does.
@@markuswx1322Service guys, in general, get tired of people who have higher than reasonable expectations, based on what the customers have seen or read online, (mis)information from friends, family, or the random guy on the neighboring barstool. As a guy who's made a career of service trades, I appreciate your insightful commentary.
@@markuswx1322 Maybe the lock owner never had the heart to show this video to the original locksmith. Prolly figured he'd jump off a bridge in despair.
@@markuswx1322I mean if the owner of the bike is present I don't think it matters if the guy cutting the lock is a locksmith or your buddy with a grinder
Honestly you can kind of tell what the hell he was doing anyway. He slipped the flat one in and popped open into hickey, then he put the tea bar looking thing in there and twisted the backend until the tumblers clicked.
Nah, that locksmith destroyed his own rep, LPL gave a great reason as to why most locksmiths can't do it, we only laugh at it because of how arrogant the guy was when talking to his customer. Service industry 101 never badmouth a peer or competing business, especially to a customer. Even if that business is horrible you can still come off as unprofessional and petty.
@@cych2769 The letter seemed to imply that it was a rather common occurrence for the locksmith to be compared to LPL and other similar locksmiths. He may have been unprofessional when talking to the writer of the letter, but wouldn't you eventually get tired of people comparing you to others who are able to do things that you can't? Especially when they have only ever seen such things online rather than in the real world? If my job consisted of me getting told by people "oh but this guy online is better than you..." over and over by my customers, I would be rather worn down by it.
@@cych2769 And by doing that, you may push the customer to go and see wether this other business really is that bad, just out of curiosity, and if you're wrong you'll look like a jealous fool. Just like here. Meanwhile LPL defends other locksmiths not being able to always pick things as sometimes it requires tools and skills they may not have, so he's being very fair to them.
@@mikeekim242 that reminds me of a story about when my grandfather was a boy. He saw an ad in a paper: "How to carve and whittle without cutting yourself. Find out how for only .25!" He sent the quarter and got a little piece of paper in the mail that simply read, "Cut away from yourself." I'm sure there were a few more words but that was basically it.
I'll never forget the time I cut my finger with a box cutter, bandaged it up, and less than an hour later, sliced the bandage because I did the same thing. The second lesson stuck.
I hate when people pull experience bull on me. Frankly, it's an insult to my education and reasonable intelligence to tell me I can't be right or have good judgment purely because I have low experience in a field.
As LPL explains, there's no reason to assume this locksmith sucks at the technical aspects of his job: picking disc-detainer cores is not a normal thing to do. However, he certainly sucks at the customer service aspects of his job.
@@matthewmcewen1 It's an insult to you when somebody who's experienced knows more than you, who are inexperienced? Buuuuh? OK, if all you mean is "I hate it when people tell me that they know better than me and won't explain", then that's fine, but that's not what you wrote.
Dude lmao, I was waiting for him to be confident enough to describe everything he does while he does it, but tbh it was scarier when he went dead silent throughout the picking process
Anytime you see someone who knows what they're doing suddenly go silent while doing that thing, you know they mean business. I'm not personally sure entirely what that's like, but I have friends who will sit there and suddenly get anxious when I stop talking in the middle of a game. I've done this in shooter games and watched my friends actively avoid me because they know that they no longer stand a chance 😅
well, he was trying to race against the clock, he probably didn't want to use more time trying to describe what he was doing. And he's already made several Kryptonite bike lock videos anyway.
Dedicating all of his runtime towards the task of picking the lock with the equivalent of his middle finger. McNally might tear the hearts and souls out of bad locks, but LPL surgically removes the will to live from any lock he lays hands on.
Generally, when you call a locksmith, the goal is to get past whatever lock is present rather than preserve the lock. Drills/grinders generally do a pretty good job of accomplishing this goal as a lot of customers just want to get into the thing and replace the lock later. Non destructive is definitely preferred, but if you can't open your door and the guy you called out pulls up with a drill, I think a lot of people are gonna shrug and just get a replacement lock.
To be fair, you don't need to spend $1M for a disc detainer pick. There are options out there other than the Pick That Bosnian Bill and I Made for disc detainers. That one just happens to be one of the best R&D'd ones, for obvious reasons.
But that tool is now available for like $35 dollars now. They gave the rights to a company to mass produce it so long as it was affordable. He did a video about it a while back.
I'm reminded of a quote (I think from the movie _Lean On Me_ ), something like, "You don't have 25 years of experience! You've had the same year of experience 25 times over!"
I bought a used European car and needed an extra key so I went to this elaborate locksmith shop and he couldn't help me. I went to the local hardware store and he came close (sort of), he could cut a key for a Porsche 928 and mine was Italian. One day I was at the bank and when I went to my car in the car park there was a mobile locksmith van. I thought no way he's going to have one but I've learnt over the years it pays to ask and so I did, eureka! Miracle of miracles he cut me a key on the spot. Better still I was able to test it immediately incase it needed refining but it worked first time. That was 25 years ago and I still think about it to put a smile on my face, God bless him.
I'd be a bit suspicious if he started off with the lock already out of the wrapping. People might say that he must've done something to the lock before recording the video (though that's a bit of a stretch, of course).
The fact that the locksmith had seen - or at least was completely aware of - your channel, makes me wonder why he wasn't more curious about the tools that are demonstrated. Seems like a bit of a shame he couldn't get a bit more into it and develop his skills
Especially that the tool is not hard to learn at a basic level. Nobody will be picking with it in 20-some seconds after just an hour or less of practice, say. But even a 5- or 10-minute job would be fine as a once-in-a-while thing. Not everyone’s hobby is the same as their job.
Most locksmiths aren't going to devote a significant amount of time learning about how to pick every lock or devote space/money to carrying around a large amount of specialized tools. Especially when they can just reliably destroy the lock and move on to their next job.
@@BriBCGthere isn’t that many special locks or tools to pick those locks a small handbag could carry everything you would need and more and it wouldn’t be inconvenient or heavy if your jobs to get a lock off but all you can do is cut it that job shouldn’t exist given most people have an angle grinder or a friend who has one but if you know how to pick it suddenly that’s a rarer skill set that has a reason to be worthy of a job
customers may see lockpicking as part of a locksmiths job, but a lot of places dont want their techs to pick or at the very least spend minimal time picking because it is significantly more cost efficient to destroy the old one and sell a new one. they are businesses first, and services second.
@@brianfhunter same lol I thought this was a new video but then when he burned the guy so badly I realized I had already seen this smackdown before, turns out it's 9mo old! Still equally entertaining as the first time
Him bringing up how long he has been in business was probably in same vain as an incompetent old mechanic who refuses to learn anything post 1994 saying the same shit to devalue someone who actually knows what the fuck he is talking about
i guess is to late for me,i even tried this, but i don't have good tools or experience. basically, i work with paperclips and pretty much any small thin item. i have only picked small broken/ damaged mailbox tumbler, that basically i can pick with a zip tie or tiny scissors.
I love when he does these challenges, he hasn’t even opened the package yet, and there is less time left in the video than the challenger has asked for. You already know the outcome. Beautiful.
That dude definitely got owned, but you are right about one thing the most: that dude ain't getting his money back from that locksmith. I wouldn't be surprised if his number will go straight to a automated message haha
@@warnertesla8297 Malcolm getting his refund would be a pain in the ass at the best of times, but this was supposed to be impossible. The locksmith was so certain the lock was impossible to beat and it was picked in a ridiculously short time by the guy he called the "worst offender" of spreading lockpicking lies. He wasn't just wrong, he was laughably wrong. It's irony.
Can’t even get a locksmith to show up for $75 in Australia, and they use destructive methods to up sell. It’s cheaper to smash/cut your way in and replace the lock. Can’t even get a lock barrel keyed for less than the lock is worth!
A quick Google search shows that a cheap angle grinder can be bought for as little as £19.99 here in the UK. Throw in a few quid for a cutting disk and you could throw the lot in the trash afterwards and still turn a profit.
Being a locksmith myself I can whole heartedly say I don't carry the right tools to picks this lock open and usually go for the easier route of cutting a lock open. That said I don't know if wouldve gotten irritated at the prospect of someone being able to pick this. Case in point. This video
Not how that sort of billing works...most businesses charge you by the hour, some by half an hour, and that starts the moment the timer starts ticking, so even if I take 10 seconds, I'm billing you an hour, and this is not taking into account the traveling costs and tools, and if I had to guess, even if he took 24 hours to do the job, he would still charge that amount. Also I would suspect that this type of work doesn't happen that frequently, so competition is going to be low as well, increasing the price...so yeah, probably $75/hour to cut a lock.
No. He have to receive call first which not all of them ends in sale, drive there, establish what's going on, prepare and bring tools, talk with client and drove back. I guess total like 40-60 minutes, 30 minutes per job which will be lucky if so. So $150 per hour maximum but he as well might not have any job or just one a day. You don't understand making a business at all.
I am since over 30 years in IT, 25 of which i spent as a security expert, and every UA-camr knows covering this subject knows jack sh.... Ohhh wait, why am i still learning on a daily basis and why do i still read up on every topic, watch every video of selected channels? Truly, just because you are in a job for a very long time, it does not mean that you are the expert and that there is nothing new to learn every day. You can even learn from people that are working only for a short time in this job. Never underestimate the power of experience and experience does not take decades to be valuable.
Yeah, for over century, pretty much any job is going to require adapting to the times. A lot of oldtimers in various professions don't like that, but it's the reality of business after the Industrial Revolution. Industries change, as new products come out or new methods are discovered. The rate of change may vary, but pretty much all of them are going to require learning something new within the first decade, if not few years.
I would understand why some people in the replies of the comments would defend the locksmith for not having the necessary tools for the job if he admitted it or admitted that he doesn't know entirely about all the different types of lockpicks, but he didn't and became arrogant so...
LPL: "We timed him cutting my lock; It took him 2 minutes and 14 seconds." Me realizing that there was less time than 2'14" left in the video when he started picking the lock: not like this, the man has a family!
@@legros731 might have just had a crappy grinder, besides, they use decently high quality steel and a few other methods to keep this stuff from just being a quick easy grind job
@@zonkeymaker Thats also a good point, seeing as its a *bike* lock it likely was, possibly in a bike rack, and at the very least close to spokes/brake lines you dont want cut
To add to this, I think it's great that LPL paused to state that he doesn't fault locksmiths since they probably don't have this particular tool in their kit nor a professional knowledge of Kryptonite bike locks, meaning the real test is of the integrity of the locksmith in question.
@Flamestripe03 but the thing is they aint self-proclaimed they do have the lockssmith education. But then again its in usa and you are kinda lacking in the education part (at least in some aspects and that are availabel/affordable to the general population )
This, to me, is a classic in your vast video collection. The way you settle the scores with that fantastically dry closing remark. The true challenge here is how to formulate the compliments you earn. This is YT at its best, it still is.
And now this is his second most viewed video, and the locksmith is probably somewhere hoping profusely that his name never gets to the public, while desperately learning new lockpicking skills, so that no one can easily detect him
thats me doing body work on people's cars like cutting out the back trunk panel for their stereo system. I don't argue and let them draw with the marker where to cut.
At first sight it is, but: Here in Germany you can expect costs of at least 20$ for the journey. Rather more most of the time, depending on the location and distance they have to travel. The working time starts as soon as he is at the customer. So his total effort, with the discussion about the lock picking etc. will surely be at least 15 minutes. Locksmiths are still relatively expensive, but you have to remember that the bill is certainly not just these 2.5 minutes. If he was there for half an hour and we calculate travel of 20$, then the hour of work costs about 110$, which is not a very high price, no matter in what profession.
No, it's not crazy. That $75 paid for the fuel to get there, helped to offset the investment in the grinder, offset the cost of the service truck (plus tags, taxes, and insurance), offset the cost of licensing and bonding, offset the cost of that locksmiths other operating expenses, and MAYBE there was enough money left over after all of that to actually compensate the man for his time. Even 3 years ago, $75 was rather inexpensive. It would be a damn good bargain, in today's economic climate. That's the problem with service work. Nobody considers what it costs to operate a business. If you don't want to pay for the work to be done, figure out how to fix your problems by yourself. If you want to farm out your problem solving, expect to pay for it. And, when you fork over that cash, stroke that check, or run that card, remember the pain of trading that money for expensive work, and maybe don't vote for the politicians who place high financial burdens on businesses.
@@magnificenthonky That $75 could've bought a grinder, an inverter, and rented the damn truck to use for the call. When people hire *locksmiths* they expect *locksmiths* not *hacksmiths*
@@InfernosReaper Obviously, you've never rented a vehicle, run a business, or purchased quality, commercial grade tools. If you had, you'd know that, realistically, $75 wouldn't cover any of that. Especially not a truck rental. People expect a lot of things, when they call for a service. It's not uncommon for those expectations to be unrealistic. This specific bike lock, for example- to defeat that lock, in a nondestructive way, you need a special tool. You also need to know that the lock-type and the special tool exist, and you need to know how to use the tool. Most locksmiths deal with common house locks, common safes, common commercial locks, and vehicle entry. Weird ass locks, designed to secure toys, are not going to be in the wheelhouse of the average locksmith. It's silly to expect that of them, if you think about it. How many of those toy locks do you reckon locksmiths encounter? One or two, every decade? There's no reason to expect that they'd put forth the money to buy the tool (which only exists because LPL and Bosnian Bill invented it, and it's probably not in inventory at the average Locksmith Supply Warehouse.), buy two or three overpriced locks on which to practice using the special tool, and then spend all the extra time it takes to learn the tool. A tool that, again, would almost never get used. Nah, if you need to defeat some weird ass, uncommon lock, expect a grinder. And, at this point, expect that grinder to cost about $120, with the rabid inflation of this modern era. Expectation of anything better is ridiculous.
This what the youngsters would call a "clap back" not so much at malcom but at the lock smith cause aint no shame an not being able to do it, but not asking for help or having the right tools or an over inflated sense of self... these are other issues.
I must say despite how fast he opened that lock and as fast as he did it. I imagine it took this guy a really long time to learn all the different mechanisms that are out there and the tools that are required to open them. Not discrediting his skill at all actually the opposite. Really unique skillset man such a unique mind to tackle the some these complexities.
@@user-jg78 except covid is all bullshit and that's fact. CDC has on their website that of the 180,000 deaths recorded 96 percent died with multiple lethal ailments and only 9000 deaths were of just covid. Most were advanced age and already fatally sick... So yes it is all bullshit. 9000 deaths is not a splash in the population. Even with the high as they say with 4 million cases that is 99.99 percnet of the population not having it.
_"First I'm using a turning tool to rotate the discs as far as they will go. Then I will use the pick Bosnian Bill and I made, and tension on the first disc. Let's get started.. nothing on 2, little click on 3, 4 is binding, nothing on 5. Back to the beginning, 2, we got a click out of him, nothing on 3, 4, a click out of 5 and we've got it open."_
That grip towards the thumb is very typical in both carving and cooking (particularly when using a paring knife) and gives excellent control of both edge orientation and depth of cut while also providing good leverage as you're using strength very local to the cut . The real danger comes when using a forehand grip (which uses larger arm and shoulder muscles further from the hand) and not being aware of body parts behind the piece being cut. A slipped forehand cut pushing away can swing wildly out of control and strike in particular the other arm, the legs, or a close bystander.
Great job, we just had two locks picked and the guy charged us $220.00. My mother passed away and no one knew where keys were located for her house. Your work very impressive.
I like that you defended the locksmith prior, that the average locksmith wouldn't have the proper tools necessary for this type of lock. Then the ass-handing commenced.
"Don't blame the locksmith for not being able to pick this because it's difficult and requires very specific tools, but hold my beer while I knock this bet out of the park" That response is absolutely legendary
now that I read it again, it felt like "Don't blame the locksmith for not having the tools and skills after 25 years of locksmithing, just give me a moment to lockpick this lock open"
@@Antonin1738 there are many different kinds of locks that require different kinds of tools. You can't expect every locksmith to have every possible tool for every possible lock at hand. Just like with cars not every mechanic has every tool to repair every kind of car.
For less than $75 he could have purchased his own grinder to cut the lock and would still have the tool. Why pay anyone anything for this service when it's too easy to do it yourself for less money?
@@liberationwasalie2982 Did you know that BS "facts" on the internet are the 3rd most common cause for cancer? That surname dates back to the days before surnames were inherited and refers to general metalworking smiths.
A quick google search shows results for that tool in the 10$ range. not sure of the quality of said tools, but if it can be had for that cheap I don't really think there is much of an excuse for a "professional" to not have one. Especially when they are charging you 75$ for the service of buying a new lock as well. if you have a spare key at home cheaper to call a friend or get a uber home than the locksmith seeing as again that bike lock is around 60$ so this hole thing cost him around 135$.
All your videos have made me feel uncertain and anxious, but now I finally feel some joy. I smiled when I heard your last words. Obviously not at the fact that he probably won't get his USD75 back.
From the way i saw him cut the package open, i can def see him cutting himself lol. Tried cutting that way a while ago and it gave me a little scar (to be fair, it was one of those cutters that are extremely sharp with a small tip)
I love how LPL does this. He doesn't make claims or brag or put down the locksmith. He just takes the challenge and opens the lock. Let the facts stand for themselves.
I work customer service and the amount of times I’ve heard people condescendingly tell me “I’ve been doing this for 40 years!” And then be completely and obviously wrong is mind boggling so I’m not even remotely surprised that you were able to do this
@@Cringemoment4045 You're right, but I think what they meant is that by the time LPL mentioned how long it took, there clearly wasn't that much time left.
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"This is the Lockpicking Lawyer and today I destroy a man's ego in 28 seconds."
That would be a great intro to hopefully an update to the situation.
That's was brutal.
And career
truth.
NOTICE: It's actually 26 seconds when he finished picking the lock. The timer was on the 28th mark when he pressed the timer.
It is way scarier when he takes it seriously and goes quiet.
LOL me too .I said shit just got real he's quiet
He is literally the worst
@ I don't think I want to.
Kept waiting for the "Number 2 is binding"...
@@badhabit403 and also, "nice click on number 3."
"I suspect it's far less if a challenge than Malcom will have trying to get his money back from the locksmith."
Destruction 100
@@78eretah yes unoriginal 'cant like cuz 420 hahahhahahdhgawyurwahjuiydfj9i0w[aokl'
reddit is down the hall and to the left
@@78eretif you haven't you can like it now!
Come on he's a lawyer, surely he can help poor Malcolm out collecting that refund.
@@RubyBoobsbest response
For the last three years I’ve been watching this everyday waiting the response of the locksmith who owes the viewer 75 dollars
Yeah, me too. Maybe he just never bothered. To be fair to the locksmith, it's really much more of a job than just picking. They make their living installing, replacing and servicing. The guy who comes to grind off your lock is making a housecall, and $75 sounds like a going rate. He's bonded and licensed, so a cop can't mosey up and accuse him of a crime. It costs him money to stay in business.
This particular guy maybe took things a little personally, the way a doctor would with a patient who keeps looking up stuff on the internet and assuming he knows more than he does.
@@markuswx1322Service guys, in general, get tired of people who have higher than reasonable expectations, based on what the customers have seen or read online, (mis)information from friends, family, or the random guy on the neighboring barstool.
As a guy who's made a career of service trades, I appreciate your insightful commentary.
@@markuswx1322 Maybe the lock owner never had the heart to show this video to the original locksmith. Prolly figured he'd jump off a bridge in despair.
dedication.
@@markuswx1322I mean if the owner of the bike is present I don't think it matters if the guy cutting the lock is a locksmith or your buddy with a grinder
You know he is dead serious when he doesnt describe what is going on during the lockpicking
He even save people money
😂😂
He didn’t have enough time to explain
Bro was SERIOUS lol
Honestly you can kind of tell what the hell he was doing anyway. He slipped the flat one in and popped open into hickey, then he put the tea bar looking thing in there and twisted the backend until the tumblers clicked.
"2 minutes and 14 seconds"
*1:36** in a 3 minute, 50 second video, package still not even open*
Oh, this is gonna be a bloodbath...
This is an underappreciated comment should be top hilarious
It's always good when it takes as long to open the package as it does to open the lock! :D
I actually paused at 1:41 for this exact reason, and went to read the comments to see if anyone else had the same thought. Was not disappointed :D
2 minutes and 14 seconds.... 2 times 14 seconds = 28 seconds.
My thoughts exactly LOL
This man defended the other locksmith and destroyed his reputation in 28 seconds…
Lolol I came here to say the same thing, I hope the guy who sent the lock in, outs the locksmith that and mouthed him
Nah, that locksmith destroyed his own rep, LPL gave a great reason as to why most locksmiths can't do it, we only laugh at it because of how arrogant the guy was when talking to his customer. Service industry 101 never badmouth a peer or competing business, especially to a customer. Even if that business is horrible you can still come off as unprofessional and petty.
@@cych2769 The letter seemed to imply that it was a rather common occurrence for the locksmith to be compared to LPL and other similar locksmiths. He may have been unprofessional when talking to the writer of the letter, but wouldn't you eventually get tired of people comparing you to others who are able to do things that you can't? Especially when they have only ever seen such things online rather than in the real world? If my job consisted of me getting told by people "oh but this guy online is better than you..." over and over by my customers, I would be rather worn down by it.
@@cych2769 And by doing that, you may push the customer to go and see wether this other business really is that bad, just out of curiosity, and if you're wrong you'll look like a jealous fool. Just like here. Meanwhile LPL defends other locksmiths not being able to always pick things as sometimes it requires tools and skills they may not have, so he's being very fair to them.
Me: "Wonder why he needs the bandaid on his thumb...."
LPL: Drags box cutter TOWARDS said thumb....
Me: "Ah. Yup. THAT'S how."
😆
@cracklecracklebaybay5612, I have a rule of never cut towards my body, and by golly I never get cut.
Cut towards your buddy, not your body@@mikeekim242
@@mikeekim242 that reminds me of a story about when my grandfather was a boy. He saw an ad in a paper: "How to carve and whittle without cutting yourself. Find out how for only .25!" He sent the quarter and got a little piece of paper in the mail that simply read, "Cut away from yourself." I'm sure there were a few more words but that was basically it.
@@mikeekim242……and it’s taken me 52 years & countless band-aids to learn that. Glad you caught on sooner. 😊
I'll never forget the time I cut my finger with a box cutter, bandaged it up, and less than an hour later, sliced the bandage because I did the same thing.
The second lesson stuck.
Ah yes the old "I've been doing this 25 years". I have seen people with 40 years of experience suck at their jobs. Trust no one.
I hate when people pull experience bull on me. Frankly, it's an insult to my education and reasonable intelligence to tell me I can't be right or have good judgment purely because I have low experience in a field.
As LPL explains, there's no reason to assume this locksmith sucks at the technical aspects of his job: picking disc-detainer cores is not a normal thing to do. However, he certainly sucks at the customer service aspects of his job.
@@matthewmcewen1 It's an insult to you when somebody who's experienced knows more than you, who are inexperienced? Buuuuh? OK, if all you mean is "I hate it when people tell me that they know better than me and won't explain", then that's fine, but that's not what you wrote.
Zachary Rollick Yep. Idiots will do the same thing _wrong_ for decades.
Trust only the ones that admit they cannot do something, even though they have decades of experience.
The most polite takedown you’ll likely ever see.
I agree he never gets pulled into lazy ad hominem attacks
I thought that as well, first thing he did was defend the locksmith.
True man! Man's was just like "No Biggie", but straight up DESTROYED the guy! 🤣🤣🙏🏽 One of the MOST ENTERTAINING 3:50 minutes of my life! 🤣
The man has class
and quietest
Dude lmao, I was waiting for him to be confident enough to describe everything he does while he does it, but tbh it was scarier when he went dead silent throughout the picking process
Anytime you see someone who knows what they're doing suddenly go silent while doing that thing, you know they mean business. I'm not personally sure entirely what that's like, but I have friends who will sit there and suddenly get anxious when I stop talking in the middle of a game. I've done this in shooter games and watched my friends actively avoid me because they know that they no longer stand a chance 😅
well, he was trying to race against the clock, he probably didn't want to use more time trying to describe what he was doing. And he's already made several Kryptonite bike lock videos anyway.
Yeah, because it means FULL concentration.
Dedicating all of his runtime towards the task of picking the lock with the equivalent of his middle finger. McNally might tear the hearts and souls out of bad locks, but LPL surgically removes the will to live from any lock he lays hands on.
Dude imagine being a "locksmith" for over 25 years and your tool of choice is a grinder.
Generally, when you call a locksmith, the goal is to get past whatever lock is present rather than preserve the lock. Drills/grinders generally do a pretty good job of accomplishing this goal as a lot of customers just want to get into the thing and replace the lock later. Non destructive is definitely preferred, but if you can't open your door and the guy you called out pulls up with a drill, I think a lot of people are gonna shrug and just get a replacement lock.
“I have 2 minutes and 14 seconds to pick this lock open.”
*1 minute left in the video*
😂😂😂
🤣🤣
Yep
I laughed so hard thank you
Ah you made me laugh at that one
In the locksmith's defense: he's not in the "Bosnian Bill and I" tool club.
But this video signed him up for a lifetime membership to the regular ol' "tool" club
He probably didn't want to spend $1M...
To be fair, you don't need to spend $1M for a disc detainer pick. There are options out there other than the Pick That Bosnian Bill and I Made for disc detainers. That one just happens to be one of the best R&D'd ones, for obvious reasons.
@@HomeoftheWilt17 what is this, the LPL burner account?
But that tool is now available for like $35 dollars now. They gave the rights to a company to mass produce it so long as it was affordable. He did a video about it a while back.
“I suspect it’s far less of a challenge than Malcom will have trying to get his money back from the locksmith.” 😂😂😂
I'm reminded of a quote (I think from the movie _Lean On Me_ ), something like, "You don't have 25 years of experience! You've had the same year of experience 25 times over!"
Did it have Morgan Freeman strutting around being a hardline badass fixing a school?
The calmest, most professional clap back in history.
Word
Like a business man telling you how poorly done your resume is
The burn
Just makes it that much better!
Treu
Takes longer to insert a USB drive the right way around.
Truth
I tinker with computers and other electronics all the time and I've gotta say... this is so freaking true! 😂
fun fact: you can put it in the right way everytime by making sure the side with the holes is face up. it'll go right in each time.
@@tylermann1499 What about when the port is vertical or the device is upside down?
Checkmate, atheists!
@@tylermann1499 Source: My computer's motherboard's IO board has vertical ports
I bought a used European car and needed an extra key so I went to this elaborate locksmith shop and he couldn't help me. I went to the local hardware store and he came close (sort of), he could cut a key for a Porsche 928 and mine was Italian. One day I was at the bank and when I went to my car in the car park there was a mobile locksmith van. I thought no way he's going to have one but I've learnt over the years it pays to ask and so I did, eureka! Miracle of miracles he cut me a key on the spot. Better still I was able to test it immediately incase it needed refining but it worked first time. That was 25 years ago and I still think about it to put a smile on my face, God bless him.
Classic example of “I can’t do it, therefore it’s impossible.”
Breaking News: Mildly Competent Locksmith Thinks World Champion is a Liar, Loses $75 in Bet
Underrated
more like chop saw professional think he is a locksmith.
@@Francois_Dupont He might be competent at picking locks which don't require this rare and specialized tool that LPL custom made with Bill.
@@Nerdnumberone just like a race car driver that can only drive in circle. A JOKE
@@Nerdnumberone I mean the Pick that he and bosnian bill made can be bought online now. Maybe he should buy one himself
Takes him longer to open the parcel than the lock.
gonna use tape and zipties to lock my bike from now on lmfao
Hes not the ParcelOpeningLawyer.
I'd be a bit suspicious if he started off with the lock already out of the wrapping. People might say that he must've done something to the lock before recording the video (though that's a bit of a stretch, of course).
@@alrightyes1116 he could've just bought the same one to practice. But of course he's very experienced and skillful so.
I would suggest welding together a chain to lock your bike, you can't pick a weld
Never seen this man not talk through the picking process. He felt this challenge in his soul.
The fact that the locksmith had seen - or at least was completely aware of - your channel, makes me wonder why he wasn't more curious about the tools that are demonstrated. Seems like a bit of a shame he couldn't get a bit more into it and develop his skills
Especially that the tool is not hard to learn at a basic level. Nobody will be picking with it in 20-some seconds after just an hour or less of practice, say. But even a 5- or 10-minute job would be fine as a once-in-a-while thing. Not everyone’s hobby is the same as their job.
Most locksmiths aren't going to devote a significant amount of time learning about how to pick every lock or devote space/money to carrying around a large amount of specialized tools. Especially when they can just reliably destroy the lock and move on to their next job.
@@BriBCG Then they're not doing their job properly. I carry lockpicks and you really only need, at most, six tools.
@@BriBCGthere isn’t that many special locks or tools to pick those locks a small handbag could carry everything you would need and more and it wouldn’t be inconvenient or heavy if your jobs to get a lock off but all you can do is cut it that job shouldn’t exist given most people have an angle grinder or a friend who has one but if you know how to pick it suddenly that’s a rarer skill set that has a reason to be worthy of a job
customers may see lockpicking as part of a locksmiths job, but a lot of places dont want their techs to pick or at the very least spend minimal time picking because it is significantly more cost efficient to destroy the old one and sell a new one. they are businesses first, and services second.
The biggest burn is calling 25 years in lock picking experience "average locksmith"
i watched this video 8 months ago, and watched again now.
And didnt noticed that.... but yes, that hurts.
@@brianfhunter same lol I thought this was a new video but then when he burned the guy so badly I realized I had already seen this smackdown before, turns out it's 9mo old! Still equally entertaining as the first time
Him bringing up how long he has been in business was probably in same vain as an incompetent old mechanic who refuses to learn anything post 1994 saying the same shit to devalue someone who actually knows what the fuck he is talking about
i guess is to late for me,i even tried this, but i don't have good tools or experience. basically, i work with paperclips and pretty much any small thin item. i have only picked small broken/ damaged mailbox tumbler, that basically i can pick with a zip tie or tiny scissors.
@@yunhan2857 this happens in surgery too, scared?
With less than 2 minutes of video left: "Lets open up the package..."
*locksmit starts sweating*
Crazy to think that if he started the timer from opening the package, he'd STILL have beat the time.
I bet he made this a 3:50 video just to give the locksmith hope. Get baited, noob
@@crazyli i timed from the moment he punctured the package with the knife till he stopped the time. 1.08
@@Spinda327 HAHA I was going to post the same comment 😄
i bet once he saw LPL pull out the two metal things, he was like....."oh shit"
I love when he does these challenges, he hasn’t even opened the package yet, and there is less time left in the video than the challenger has asked for. You already know the outcome. Beautiful.
he could tack on a random length of black silence or random old footage or something to keep up suspense : )
That dude definitely got owned, but you are right about one thing the most: that dude ain't getting his money back from that locksmith. I wouldn't be surprised if his number will go straight to a automated message haha
"Far less of a challenge than Malcolm will have getting his money back."
Yes, police? I just witnessed a murder. Straight iced him lmfao.
What are you talking about? How is that a roast?
@@warnertesla8297 Malcolm getting his refund would be a pain in the ass at the best of times, but this was supposed to be impossible. The locksmith was so certain the lock was impossible to beat and it was picked in a ridiculously short time by the guy he called the "worst offender" of spreading lockpicking lies. He wasn't just wrong, he was laughably wrong. It's irony.
r/woosh
@@familiarcommenter9289 who?
@@warnertesla8297 he’s basically saying the locksmith guy isn’t gonna want to give him his money back and it’s gonna be a challenge to get it back.
Imagine calling a locksmith and he just shows up with an angle grinder and charges you $75..
Can’t even get a locksmith to show up for $75 in Australia, and they use destructive methods to up sell. It’s cheaper to smash/cut your way in and replace the lock. Can’t even get a lock barrel keyed for less than the lock is worth!
Buy the angle grinder off of him for $30 (yes, they go for more, but they also go for less) and do it yourself.
been there, though as it was after hours i charged 170€ :)=
ETA: my grinder was more than that though.
A quick Google search shows that a cheap angle grinder can be bought for as little as £19.99 here in the UK. Throw in a few quid for a cutting disk and you could throw the lot in the trash afterwards and still turn a profit.
nagualdesign i got one for 13 usd then a couple discs for 5 usd
Being a locksmith myself I can whole heartedly say I don't carry the right tools to picks this lock open and usually go for the easier route of cutting a lock open. That said I don't know if wouldve gotten irritated at the prospect of someone being able to pick this. Case in point. This video
In every industry you will find people that are doing there job for decades and doing it worse than a little bit motivated intern.
100%. "Time in job" doesn't mean a dang thing. 20 years on the job can mean 20 years experience, or it can mean 1 year of experience, 20 times over.
LPL didn't comment while picking, you can tell that he is very serious.
You didn't even say we're gonna rotate all the dis is far clockwise as they can go. Not gonna lie, I feel like I'm missing something from this video.
@@benjaminbranam2498 little click out of one, nothing on 2...
Yeah, he hit this one like the lockpicks of an angry lawyer.
@@jakemallory4239 3 is binding, 4 is set, 5 might be in a false gate
He was in full competitive mode.... That shit was scary!... And fucking amazing!...
Challenge was seriously accepted. *It was personal this time*
Where is the challenge here?
@@alexeivoloshin3065 Were you being sarcastic?
@@RockStampPAS definitely not
Are you implying that LockPickingLawyer has been Michael Jordan this whole time?!
@@RockStampPAS not necessarily sarcastic, he's just implying that it wasn't a challenge at all for LPL
$75 for a 2 min and 14 second job.
This guy got paid $2000/hr to cut a lock.
Not how that sort of billing works...most businesses charge you by the hour, some by half an hour, and that starts the moment the timer starts ticking, so even if I take 10 seconds, I'm billing you an hour, and this is not taking into account the traveling costs and tools, and if I had to guess, even if he took 24 hours to do the job, he would still charge that amount.
Also I would suspect that this type of work doesn't happen that frequently, so competition is going to be low as well, increasing the price...so yeah, probably $75/hour to cut a lock.
Most folks in the SF Bay Area can only dream of paying just $75.
He had to drive there
No. He have to receive call first which not all of them ends in sale, drive there, establish what's going on, prepare and bring tools, talk with client and drove back. I guess total like 40-60 minutes, 30 minutes per job which will be lucky if so. So $150 per hour maximum but he as well might not have any job or just one a day.
You don't understand making a business at all.
This will forever be my favorite video on this channel 😆 I watch it randomly throughout the year, just for a smile.
I like how you could tell he was actually concentrating for once because he went silent.
U should get a reward for being a loyal sub
That’s when he is serious 🤤
Definitely felt the shade from the locksmith and was happy to throw some back
Not to mention that two minutes is how long he usually takes when he talks his way through the video
@@mikeanthony773 fucked him up gooooood
"Less of a challenge than Malcolm will have..."
Straight-up murder
yep that was the icing on the cake fa me
The murder comment got me rolling. I'm a little let down the thug life shades didn't roll in. You made up for it.
That's the nicest way to destroy a person. I love this man.
Haha, wow, huh?
Haha glad you said it already. my first thoughts were also "Sir, I want to report a murder" xD
I am since over 30 years in IT, 25 of which i spent as a security expert, and every UA-camr knows covering this subject knows jack sh.... Ohhh wait, why am i still learning on a daily basis and why do i still read up on every topic, watch every video of selected channels? Truly, just because you are in a job for a very long time, it does not mean that you are the expert and that there is nothing new to learn every day. You can even learn from people that are working only for a short time in this job. Never underestimate the power of experience and experience does not take decades to be valuable.
Yeah, for over century, pretty much any job is going to require adapting to the times. A lot of oldtimers in various professions don't like that, but it's the reality of business after the Industrial Revolution. Industries change, as new products come out or new methods are discovered. The rate of change may vary, but pretty much all of them are going to require learning something new within the first decade, if not few years.
I would understand why some people in the replies of the comments would defend the locksmith for not having the necessary tools for the job if he admitted it or admitted that he doesn't know entirely about all the different types of lockpicks, but he didn't and became arrogant so...
LPL: "We timed him cutting my lock; It took him 2 minutes and 14 seconds."
Me realizing that there was less time than 2'14" left in the video when he started picking the lock: not like this, the man has a family!
Will call bs on the 2min to cut 1min is more than ennuf to cut this 30 sec a side max it 1/2 inch tick bar
@@legros731 might have just had a crappy grinder, besides, they use decently high quality steel and a few other methods to keep this stuff from just being a quick easy grind job
I wish the whole video was 2 minutes 13 seconds.
Simon Legros could have been in an awkward position
@@zonkeymaker Thats also a good point, seeing as its a *bike* lock it likely was, possibly in a bike rack, and at the very least close to spokes/brake lines you dont want cut
His final words were the best. "This was less of a challenge than the guy will have getting his money back from the locksmith." 😂
To add to this, I think it's great that LPL paused to state that he doesn't fault locksmiths since they probably don't have this particular tool in their kit nor a professional knowledge of Kryptonite bike locks, meaning the real test is of the integrity of the locksmith in question.
That was a good burn
Subtle yet very affective use of words LPL! Almost elegant. Impressed yet again.
BUUUURRRNNNN
@Flamestripe03 but the thing is they aint self-proclaimed they do have the lockssmith education.
But then again its in usa and you are kinda lacking in the education part (at least in some aspects and that are availabel/affordable to the general population )
This, to me, is a classic in your vast video collection. The way you settle the scores with that fantastically dry closing remark. The true challenge here is how to formulate the compliments you earn. This is YT at its best, it still is.
And now this is his second most viewed video, and the locksmith is probably somewhere hoping profusely that his name never gets to the public, while desperately learning new lockpicking skills, so that no one can easily detect him
Angry guy with an angle grinder: "You know I'm something of a locksmith myself"
Alright then, keep your secrets
You made me crack for a bit mate
For me, that was the internet "winning comment" of the day. Cheers to you sir! Even have Willem Dafoe in my head as I read it. Cheers lol
thats me doing body work on people's cars like cutting out the back trunk panel for their stereo system. I don't argue and let them draw with the marker where to cut.
Thank god, doctors don't work like that 😂
I love how he's never straight up disrespectful, but he's not gonna take shit from anyone
Do no harm, take no shit is a great personal policy
Strong Karma
It’s like his version of “bless your heart”
Very true, he let's his work speak for him.
When your actions do the talking.
Watching him cut that package open tells me exactly why he has a bandage exactly where the blade would slip into
$75 just for 2 minutes of standing there cutting through a lock is crazy
At first sight it is, but: Here in Germany you can expect costs of at least 20$ for the journey. Rather more most of the time, depending on the location and distance they have to travel. The working time starts as soon as he is at the customer. So his total effort, with the discussion about the lock picking etc. will surely be at least 15 minutes. Locksmiths are still relatively expensive, but you have to remember that the bill is certainly not just these 2.5 minutes. If he was there for half an hour and we calculate travel of 20$, then the hour of work costs about 110$, which is not a very high price, no matter in what profession.
but you can buy a new grinder for $75 and do it yourself@@CriAlch
No, it's not crazy. That $75 paid for the fuel to get there, helped to offset the investment in the grinder, offset the cost of the service truck (plus tags, taxes, and insurance), offset the cost of licensing and bonding, offset the cost of that locksmiths other operating expenses, and MAYBE there was enough money left over after all of that to actually compensate the man for his time. Even 3 years ago, $75 was rather inexpensive. It would be a damn good bargain, in today's economic climate.
That's the problem with service work. Nobody considers what it costs to operate a business. If you don't want to pay for the work to be done, figure out how to fix your problems by yourself. If you want to farm out your problem solving, expect to pay for it. And, when you fork over that cash, stroke that check, or run that card, remember the pain of trading that money for expensive work, and maybe don't vote for the politicians who place high financial burdens on businesses.
@@magnificenthonky That $75 could've bought a grinder, an inverter, and rented the damn truck to use for the call.
When people hire *locksmiths* they expect *locksmiths* not *hacksmiths*
@@InfernosReaper Obviously, you've never rented a vehicle, run a business, or purchased quality, commercial grade tools. If you had, you'd know that, realistically, $75 wouldn't cover any of that. Especially not a truck rental.
People expect a lot of things, when they call for a service. It's not uncommon for those expectations to be unrealistic.
This specific bike lock, for example- to defeat that lock, in a nondestructive way, you need a special tool. You also need to know that the lock-type and the special tool exist, and you need to know how to use the tool.
Most locksmiths deal with common house locks, common safes, common commercial locks, and vehicle entry.
Weird ass locks, designed to secure toys, are not going to be in the wheelhouse of the average locksmith. It's silly to expect that of them, if you think about it.
How many of those toy locks do you reckon locksmiths encounter? One or two, every decade? There's no reason to expect that they'd put forth the money to buy the tool (which only exists because LPL and Bosnian Bill invented it, and it's probably not in inventory at the average Locksmith Supply Warehouse.), buy two or three overpriced locks on which to practice using the special tool, and then spend all the extra time it takes to learn the tool. A tool that, again, would almost never get used.
Nah, if you need to defeat some weird ass, uncommon lock, expect a grinder. And, at this point, expect that grinder to cost about $120, with the rabid inflation of this modern era. Expectation of anything better is ridiculous.
He gracefully called him an "average american locksmith" lmaooo
Lol
Hence forth, I will only hire locksmiths with “Above Average” in their business names.
Burn!
LMAO
He most likely meant average as in not specialized in any specific field of lockpicking.
"I suspect it is far less of challenge than Malcolm will have getting his money back from the locksmith."
Shots fired.
Them's fightin' words...
The shade with this comment killed me lol
@@robotboy5026 throws more shade than an eclipse
The locksmith is just gonna call bullshit on this too anyway.
This what the youngsters would call a "clap back" not so much at malcom but at the lock smith cause aint no shame an not being able to do it, but not asking for help or having the right tools or an over inflated sense of self... these are other issues.
I recently had to get a locksmith to pick the lock on my storage unit. I mentioned watching your videos and he said he loves your content.
I must say despite how fast he opened that lock and as fast as he did it. I imagine it took this guy a really long time to learn all the different mechanisms that are out there and the tools that are required to open them. Not discrediting his skill at all actually the opposite. Really unique skillset man such a unique mind to tackle the some these complexities.
If a professional isn't willing to learn these things about their own job, then they aren't very professional
You know he's serious if he doesn't say "Nice click on one, two is binding"
Right! You could tell he was in competition mode. It was nice to clearly hear the clicks as I usually can't hear them over his narration.
Your pfp is amazing
Was thinking the same no comments means business
I had to say it in my head
@@MadaxeMunkeee same lol
I don't think I've seen something more "I'm gonna end this man's whole career" in my life.
1.1k like :)
SupaHotFire lock picking
it took him longer to cut the wrapping off than pick the lock
I like how the letter took longer than the pick
Imagine thinking a multiple-time lockpicking world champion is “complete bullshit” lmao
Lol, wreaks of elitism doesn't it?
J 👍
@@user-jg78 Face Diapers up!
J you need help
@@user-jg78 except covid is all bullshit and that's fact. CDC has on their website that of the 180,000 deaths recorded 96 percent died with multiple lethal ailments and only 9000 deaths were of just covid. Most were advanced age and already fatally sick... So yes it is all bullshit. 9000 deaths is not a splash in the population. Even with the high as they say with 4 million cases that is 99.99 percnet of the population not having it.
Hes not gonna give him his money back. That's for sure.
pretty sad
Oh hell no,its going to be harumph I say good sir
@Ow my Bones The american way to do things.
Definitely not getting any money back
Still I'd send the locksmith this video just to piss him off even further.
Took longer to cut the wrapper from the lock. Malcolm, you have 28 seconds to get your money back
'"You have been doing it wrong for 25 years'".
You can tell LPL is serious when he is silent during the picking.
Yeah that was....weird,
I had that voice in head, tho :D
Yes my dude, yes. You've noticed too!
wish he did it again and deconstructed the lock, might get in trouble though might be why he did not
_"First I'm using a turning tool to rotate the discs as far as they will go. Then I will use the pick Bosnian Bill and I made, and tension on the first disc. Let's get started.. nothing on 2, little click on 3, 4 is binding, nothing on 5. Back to the beginning, 2, we got a click out of him, nothing on 3, 4, a click out of 5 and we've got it open."_
His focus is inspiring.
LPL: *cuts towards his thumb*
LPL’s thumb: *already has a bandage on it*
Boxcutter: “How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?”
I was thinking the same thing 😂😂
That grip towards the thumb is very typical in both carving and cooking (particularly when using a paring knife) and gives excellent control of both edge orientation and depth of cut while also providing good leverage as you're using strength very local to the cut . The real danger comes when using a forehand grip (which uses larger arm and shoulder muscles further from the hand) and not being aware of body parts behind the piece being cut. A slipped forehand cut pushing away can swing wildly out of control and strike in particular the other arm, the legs, or a close bystander.
@@diamondflaw there's a _science_ to this?
Really I said the same thing 4 hours ago. Lmao.
Cut toward your chum, not your thumb
Great job, we just had two locks picked and the guy charged us $220.00. My mother passed away and no one knew where keys were located for her house. Your work very impressive.
Watching how he opened the package explained the bandage on his finger
let's all be honest, opening the package was much harder than picking the lock.
Epic!
Sender should make bike locks
I was worried about him cutting his bandage
Proper laughed out loud 🤣🤙🏽
I mean, he isn't the package opening lawyer
I like that you defended the locksmith prior, that the average locksmith wouldn't have the proper tools necessary for this type of lock. Then the ass-handing commenced.
That wasn't "ass-handing", that was premeditated murder.
IM not average locksmith and i don't have that tools.
IM a gamer.
almost noone has the proper tools thats why
Right
It's a tactic I use in debates a lot. Before delivering the killshot, have to prime them a little bit so they don't get too angry or triggered.
AWESOME!!! Best chuckle I've had in some time.
I appriciate the skill/knowledge and also the communication in this video. The start was nice.
"I've been using an angle grinder to destroy people's things for 25 years."
Yeah but do you get paid for it?
Basically what I heard 😂
Ya know haha
Cowboys
Are you real "LOCKSMITH" or just a thief ? :D
You know he means business when he doesn’t talk his way through the pick.
Was thinking the exact same thing.
I had to narrate in my head "click out of one, two is binding...
Kevin Monzel Ha!! Me, too! ... “nothing on 3....not sensing any false gates...” 😂😂
he's finally revealed a fraction of his true power in this video.
@@rusnik1853 OVER 9000!!!
Did Malcolm ever get his money back, lol? Wish he’d give us an update
Nobody likes to be told that someone else can do something better than them...especially when the other person is not there and maybe not available.
"Don't blame the locksmith for not being able to pick this because it's difficult and requires very specific tools, but hold my beer while I knock this bet out of the park"
That response is absolutely legendary
Epic! 👍
now that I read it again, it felt like
"Don't blame the locksmith for not having the tools and skills after 25 years of locksmithing, just give me a moment to lockpick this lock open"
how can a LOCKSMITH not have tools for LOCKPICKING?
The fuck?
@@Antonin1738 thats what i thought too. likely small town, old timer who has always done things a certain way (unfortunately his way is lesser)
@@Antonin1738 there are many different kinds of locks that require different kinds of tools. You can't expect every locksmith to have every possible tool for every possible lock at hand. Just like with cars not every mechanic has every tool to repair every kind of car.
LPL: starts picking the lock silently
Me: That poor locksmith.
You know he is serious when doesn’t comment on how the disks are moving. LOL. Poor locksmith
same, when he silently went to work I knew this was a less than half a minute job
niice i am like #421.. i made sue to celebrate appropriately when i saw 420.. lol
@@quincydread5204 wut...
Talking takes up time. He wanted to absolutely *smash* that lock!
There's no way anyway is sending him these letters. No one says "I'm throwing down the gauntlet".
I winced when he started cutting towards himself. I double-winced when I noticed he already has a bandaid on his thumb.
"did not pose a significant challenge"
OOF.
What my ex wife told me
Ikr. Plus the burn at 3:30 about trying to get the money back...lel
Stop, stop he's already dead..
“In fact I suspect it’s far less of a challenge than malcom will have, trying to get his money back from the locksmith”
Mega oof.
almost like the guy is a lawyer. I feel like that's the way you throw shade in court.
He used both his most powerful tools: serious mode and the-tool-BosnianBill-and-I-Made
Yeah dang, serious mode: engaged
@@ToddNZMTB And we know that that was only about 10% of his power
Reading it as one word had my laughing out loud
He didn't even tell us when he got a little click out of 2, and 3 is binding. You know he was serious.
lol
Love it. I want the update where the grinder wielding lock smith writes an apology and asks to be LPL’s padewan learner.
Bro picked the lock faster than getting the lock out of the package 💀💀💀
A quiet LPL is much more intimidating than when he narrates.
A B yes indeed
You know things have gone real when he's silent.
His concentration level is over 9,000 when he doesn’t speak 👀
He took the weights off 😂
When the loud guy in the room gets quiet, everyone notices.
This guy just read a whole letter and picked the lock in 3 minutes...
It took more time to read the letter than picking the lock.
It took longer to get the lock out of the wrapper than to pick it.
lost oppurtunity for him to have done the entire video in 2m14s with a counter from the start lol.
@@eddieoddie9516 Oh my god i died X'D
@@lathiat Why wouldn't the UA-cam's counter work just as well?
Dude didn't hire a locksmith he hired a construction worker.
For less than $75 he could have purchased his own grinder to cut the lock and would still have the tool. Why pay anyone anything for this service when it's too easy to do it yourself for less money?
It was harder to get the lock out of the Amazon bag than actually opening it
truers
Damn it, beat me to the comment, GG
Lmao
For real 😆
Seems like Amazon is doing a good job...
"it was probably easier than malcolm getting his money back..." shots fired! shots fired!
Did you know the common last name "Smith" came from back in the day as a title that people held for being "locksmiths"
@@liberationwasalie2982 pretty sure it's from "Blacksmith"
@@liberationwasalie2982 Did you know that BS "facts" on the internet are the 3rd most common cause for cancer?
That surname dates back to the days before surnames were inherited and refers to general metalworking smiths.
@@nikitab1011 source?
@@liberationwasalie2982 The internet said so
A quick google search shows results for that tool in the 10$ range. not sure of the quality of said tools, but if it can be had for that cheap I don't really think there is much of an excuse for a "professional" to not have one. Especially when they are charging you 75$ for the service of buying a new lock as well. if you have a spare key at home cheaper to call a friend or get a uber home than the locksmith seeing as again that bike lock is around 60$ so this hole thing cost him around 135$.
All your videos have made me feel uncertain and anxious, but now I finally feel some joy. I smiled when I heard your last words. Obviously not at the fact that he probably won't get his USD75 back.
When someone's money is on the line, LPL turns into speedpicking lawyer.
The only person to speed run lock picking
@@plate4814 opening a broken lock humiliation% (WR)
Didn’t even call out the positions. The focus! The concentration! Total beast mode
It like a speedcube contest
@@plate4814 No, there are competitions for that. He won first place last year.
Judging from the bandage on his thumb, the box cutter poses a bigger challenge to him than the lock does.
Nah he just tried picking it.
*opens the video* "I wonder what happened to his thumb?
*LPL cuts towards his thumb with an knife* "Nevermind"
From the way i saw him cut the package open, i can def see him cutting himself lol. Tried cutting that way a while ago and it gave me a little scar (to be fair, it was one of those cutters that are extremely sharp with a small tip)
@@katt0906 i already winced at the way he was trying to cut it open, so seeing the bandaid after felt like a hilarious punchline
Challenge accepted!
I love how LPL does this. He doesn't make claims or brag or put down the locksmith. He just takes the challenge and opens the lock. Let the facts stand for themselves.
I've come back 3 years later just to search the comments in hopes we'd be updated on if he got a refund
man, me too!!!!
Best way to secure your bike from LPL: attach a lengthly letter that he must read before picking the lock.
And lots of duct tape
Just straight up have a portable bunker you can put around it
@@TulpechaidoplaysMC “This is the lockpickinglawyer, and today, we’re going to see how well this man’s bunker can stand up to my nuclear lockpick
@@glarynth it takes him longer to get through duct tape than some locks (looking at you masterlock)
Underrated comment 😂
The best "Hold my beer" video I've ever seen.
I think you said it perfectly..
My thoughts exactly
YO FR HAHA LMAO
😅😂
Yup
absolutely incredible work as always. you're amazing. the only line missing i was expecting was "but i am not your average american locksmith" xD
I work customer service and the amount of times I’ve heard people condescendingly tell me “I’ve been doing this for 40 years!” And then be completely and obviously wrong is mind boggling so I’m not even remotely surprised that you were able to do this
I've been a person for 42 years. Doesn't mean I'm any good at it.
Amazing 👍🤣🤣
I... I am in a similar position. (but 24)
Hilarious! 😂
I'm 25 and a professional at life. I don't know what that means.
Lol
"It took 2 minutes and 14 seconds."
Me looking at the length of the video....
Oh no.
Same lol
Don't woosh me but most of it was talking
@@Cringemoment4045 You're right, but I think what they meant is that by the time LPL mentioned how long it took, there clearly wasn't that much time left.
That's exactly what happened with me also. Lmao
@@RedLuminous huh, I see
Took him longer to open the package than the lock!!
Even experts don't know everything about the fields they are experts in