the ole switcheroo scam
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- In this video we are going to talk about making keys for padlocks (basically)
Always verify ownership and QUANTITY of padlocks before rekeying (which we did do prior to him coming back with the “not working” padlock) 😏
Most commonly we see people trying this with door locks
Copied 3 copies of a Toyota key. Guy comes back next morning & says 2 work but this one doesn't. Sir that's a key from ACE hardware. No you made this yesterday & I have a receipt. Sir my keys do not say ACE on them and wouldn't show wear in one day. Customer calls me a liar and says he won't be back and will UN-recommend me to his friends. Bye!
@@chriscarey-iv2ly oh man the number of times we’ve had that 😂 it’s like, come on now 😏
some will even be like “what difference does it make” 🙄
i used to work in retail, and had a customer bring back a used kettle, without a receipt or box, wanting their miney back. it was all dented and black from stove use. They complained and screamed until manager gave them a new one. People have no shame to try and scam business or emoloyees
Not sure if it was a switcheroo scam or just a confused old man, but either way you have to have that policy to protect yourself. Great video, thanks for sharing it Jason! And glad it wasn’t a short ;)
If they spent half the time working instead of trying to figure out how to scam people, they wouldn't need to scam people.
Scammers be Scamming. It's the world we live in.
I personally think the Old Man is Confused.
Yeah, sure.
First Sha'nequia....now Sha'nequia's Dad.....What is wrong with that family?
A grown adult man trying to pull a scam like that. I’d be ashamed to try that, and I also realize it’s pretty obvious
Remain calm and don’t let anyone take advantage of your good nature…👍🇺🇸😁
Glad you did that, someone clued me in so I found the channel!!
I have had people do this with repaired parts. When a new carburetor is installed that is nice clean black painted with shiny plated linkage and they carry in an unpainted carburetor with all of the plating gone from the linkage, loose and missing parts inside it's real annoying how stupid they think we are. Or maybe how much smarter they believe they are.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I did an opposite. A customer brought me a lock and I dumped the pins thinking he wanted a rekey. But he wanted the same key to work that lock. Since I made the mistake I told him to take another lock off his house and bring it to me and I'll rekey the first lock with no charge, but I did charge him making a first key to that. Good job Jason!
Absolutely great advice! Let the Lockforce be with you all! 👊
I've lived my life trying to help others. I am now 73 and all the progression of people I have given shelter, food, money and employment (at wages too high for their skills) are now long gone no "Good bye" "Thanks" "Adios" nothing. I am now in a situation where the only way I get help is to pay premium to craftsmen and actually that is better. I a lot poorer with work that is inferior all around my shop and property but now the clear light of day has shown through and I help no one unless I feel deeply they need it with no expectation of appreciation at all. People will poo on you for their continued passage costs in life to make their journey to wherever and leave you broke and sad no good byes or anything. Worthy people are worthy all the rest are scum. Don't let scum play you.
yeah if ya tell them no they f off so win win ,
He spent that much time trying to scam $15? My time is worth far more than that.
You handle things pretty well, Jason. Thanks for sharing!
Unbelievable yet believable. Nice one Jason 👍
Maybe any luck that comes through your hands you should take one of your stamps or something and put a little stamp mark maybe some dots a couple dots that you take pictures of so you can prove you had this in your shop
It's the same thing with the door closers, test the new ones you're selling to the customers for quality inspection on sight. If there are to be returns especially in a short amount of time, just verify by testing the tension/pressure with the arm attached and pushing it to the "opened" position then allow the reaction from the tension to respond bringing the arm back to the "closed" position.
Hopefully, the key with this lock was the one you keyed the first one to. Or he'll be back and want them keyed alike. 😅 Thanks, Jason
I’m so shocked…
He likely spent time in prison in the 60’s.
I get shit like this all the time. Especially with drop-off knobs and levers. I started marking the chassis with a red dot in obscure place.
Maybe the old geezer was just confused
People will try about anything because they think that we’re not any smarter than a person that pumps gas at the filling station. For some reason they feel like the LOCKSMITH has no brains. 😂😂😂😂
Ya well I pumped gas as a kid and not all of us where that gullible. When a customer says fill it up then says "I said just a dollars worth" (it was a long time ago) the next response is to say back it up to the shop door and I will pump it back out or we can call the sheriff. They end up paying.
Damn that clip you snuck in at the end got me good
Kind of reminds me of the days when stores would have dozens of bad checks taped to a board above the counter and a sign saying "Cash Only -- No Checks".
Maybe you need a sign above yours spelling out "The Padlock Scam".
Just like a jeweler, you should put your mark on the lock indicating you have worked on it. Foils the shysters.
Stamp your work. Just like when you make a key
...Just another example of why i hate people.
I also would place a small inconspicuous stamp on both the lock and key. Keeps track of what I repair.
I hadn’t even thought of this as something that actually happens, but I can totally see now. I suppose in many ways, it is the same in any retail setting. At my store (I am a grocery store manager), we see folks all the time who claim to be double charged for items, and then try and come back in to get a refund on the thing they claim they were double charged for (when they bought two of the items). We do the same thing and check the cameras at the registers before issuing a refund.
Too bad people can just be like "I have limited money, can you work with me?"
*can't
I wondered how you are supposed to show ownership of a lock that you have had for a long time. I have a lot of locks I brought second hand that I wont be able to show ownership for. Makes good sense to learn the skills to rekey your own locks for fun
Wow! Never seizes to amaze me how cheap people can be. Though it could be an honest misunderstanding, it's good to be ready for a return; re-do. Thanks for the tip!
When you said "padlock switchero" I thought someone left an open padlock hanging on a door and some nefarious character put his padlock on it. That was not uncommon 100+ years ago when padlocks were used to secure the front door of a business. Do the swap with the same brand and model of lock, then come back in the middle of the night, open the swapped lock, do the "shopping" and lock up with the original padlock. The store owner opens up the next morning and it could be days before he realizes things are missing.
That looks like the lock used on semi truck trailers, usually a company will have one key cut to open all the locks so when one driver gets locked out of the trailer another driver in the area can get him in ,
Great video Glad you caught it quick as you did Thanks for sharing
Amazing how people can be so cheap as to scam somebody for a few bucks. No shame.
On New Years Eve one year had a kid call. His key stopped working the ignition in his Nissan. Back in those days I carried pretty much every ignition and keying kit. Now we just do lost keys and lockouts. Had 18 calls today. Any way I look at it and it had bent wafers. I gave the kid a price for a new ignition keyed to his old key or just remove the ignition pull the bent wafers and reinstall it. New ignition was double the price. You know what he wanted. I also cut him a new key by code because the old key was bent. Just as I was done his father pulls up and said he didn't authorize the service so he wasn't going to pay me. lol I said fine and drove away with the keys.
I called the cops down the road for theft of service. Cops met me back at the car and basically told the father the kid told me to do the job and he was obligated to pay me. Father pays me all good. I also told them no warranty on yanking wafers before I did the work. If the lock does it again you will be paying me again since they didn't want a new ignition. This was a cheap way to get them going.
A couple days later they call and said the key doesn't work. I told them tough shit. No warranty. I got this call through a service and the service insisted I check it out or they were going to back charge me if the customer went somewhere else to fix it. I was pissed but I go to their house. They hand me a key that isn't the one I made. I said wheres the key I made? They go in the house and get it. Still works the door and starts the car. They weren't scamming, they had another Nissan and grabbed the wrong keys. The idiot father apologized to me about the other night and for how dumb they were.
One of my guys made smart key for a handicap Chrysler van the other day. Customer lost the keys. My employee did add a key instead of all keys lost. This was a $300 job. Guy calls back today and said he found his other key and wants to know if he can get a refund on the new key. lol Been doing this 40 years and that was the first time I heard that one. I've been doing this long enough that I have lost my filter. 95% of my customers a great but 5% are horrible. Sometimes I get greater pleasure leaving them stranded knowing there isn't anyone around that can do what we do. My employee handled this guy much kinder than I would have. He told him the remote was locked to his car and we couldn't do anything thing with it. I don't rely on repeat customers. Mine are one and done usually so I don't have to be nice to the bad ones and or scammers. I decline their work and we go to the next call.
15??? Aw come one, he should be charged double at least, if not for the effort then at least for trying to throw wool over your eyes! It's not that you're going to drive a good customer away!
I was a locksmith for 3o years, Been there done that. Nothing new.
Sad, but true.
They'll do the same thing with car keys. I mark all my keys because of that.
Some peoples children. LOL.
Don't need to listen to his yabba dabba.
Yuuup. Both of those things have been tried on me too.
Sorry Curtis Low...no free keys today.
gotta get up pretty early to beat Jason.....
have a great day
Mark all my work, with uv pin....
I have people in my life that make me think it's "possible" he "might not" have been trying to scam Jason intentionally. I have aging relatives that just don't get stuff any more. 😢
@@jmr mmm see I thought that at first but the last thing he said to me the first go around was “these are different keys right” which leads me to believe (after this line of questions) that he maybe realized after the fact that he might should have asked about it being the same key
@@selock The obvious tell that maybe everyone missed. Towards the end he stated "the other lock you did for me is in the truck". He knew. He's just an old POS. Been doing this his entire life.
Why don’t you put a mark on your work. Even a dot of colored paint to make it easier to identify. Also have the customer test the lock before they go. None of “this was the first time I tried it”. Nope because then you have them on camera working it.
I bet you see some stuff being a Mississippi man
Got an interesting question for you . i have a padlock with a special key it used to have 2 keys but one was lost on the key its marked do not copy the lock was installed on a building after a fire i did the renovations and the building ower gave me the lock and key my problem is i need a second key should i try and contact the lock company to see if i can get a letter stating that im allowed to have a second key made the locks about 25 years old and works great . any advice on how you can get permission .
@@dvljet if it’s a restricted key you would have to get it transferred to you but if they use other locks with that key it probably won’t happen
Good to know. People...meh.
How much money in fuel I'm sure in a nice economical running work vehicle did he burn, to try and pull this off?
People suck!
Duane Whitaker???
Sigh ppl suck 🙄
I Think He's Related To HeShe Baldwin. It Run's In The Family. Stay Safe Stay Prepared
He is just old and forgetful. He paid you, didnt he?
Why are people so intent of thieving ans scamming and being a liar
Is there a reason FORCED CC is on? It drives me crazy, is extremely distracting, and makes me stop watching the video.
@@WeeToddDidd bye 👋