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No Photo, No Postcode, No Quote, No Exceptions!

• The make, model and/or grade of your safe.
• Why it is not opening (lost keys or unknown combination etc.) and finally
• The post code where your safe is.
• If you do not know the make, model or grade, don't worry, just email, text or WhatsApp me a picture, like the example below. It shows the whole of the front of the safe and I will identify it for you. I may also call you to ask some clarifying questions regarding position and access.
• Sending me a photo of the serial number that you have found on the safe is pretty much of no use what so ever, so just step back, zoom out and send me a photo of the whole of the front of it. Simples!
• Unless told otherwise, the quote will be given as open only. If you want it back working with new keys or locks please tell me at the time of requesting the quote.

Open Only, or Back Working?
A lot of safes that I open are classed as 'open only' they are opened solely to recover the contents or to verify that they are empty before being disposed of. If you require the safe to be reinstated please let me know. A lot of the time this will not affect the price, but if a new lock or keys are required, I will confirm the price with you before attending.

Safecrackers Fixed Price Opening Guarantee
Once I give it, my price is fixed. That means that the price I give you will not change no matter how long the safe takes me to open it. My job is to open your safe in the most professional way possible, I have sat and picked open safes in a longer time than it would have taken me to drill them, but my openings are based on professionalism not time. If someone offers you an 'hourly' rate you can be sure that they will sit there and 'rattle' the door for a few hours to rip you off and increase your bill.

If a safe engineer can not give you an exact price to open your safe, it pretty much means they haven't got a clue how to open it!

If I have given you a quote, that quote is only valid so long as no other attempt is made to open the safe. If you have had someone try and open the safe and failed you must declare this to me and send me new photos of the safe showing what damage has been caused. I will then give you a new quote.

Any special conditions to enter the site where the safe is must be declared to me. A common example of this is induction courses to enter a building site. I am happy to take a COVID test supplied by yourself prior to entering site as part of my original quote.

My price is also based on the fact that when I arrive on site I will have free access to the safe on all sides possible. If your safe is under the stairs and has a mountain of junk in front of it that you expect me to move, expect to be charged for it. I am there to open a safe not move your junk. If however you have mobility issues, I will move a ton of junk for you and not charge you a penny for it.        

In simple terms, If you have only given me half the story I have only given you half the quote.

Things That Do Not Effect The Opening Price
I have been doing this job for years and below is a list of the things that will not effect the price to open or re-instate your safe, no matter how many times you repeat it:

• Repeatedly telling me that you think the safe is empty. I never actually look inside any safe I open, you the customer pull the door open out of my view. So the contents or lack of it is of no interest to me what so ever. But taking this one the opposite way, if I actually got paid based on the contents of the safes I open, I would now be a tax exile living in Monaco!
• Telling me it is just a low grade safe and I will have it open in seconds. There are a lot of high grade safes I can open in seconds too!
• Telling me a locksmith has offered a cheaper price (good luck with that one!).
• Telling me you have seen a youtube video and can open it yourself (crack on then, you don't need me).
• That you have just found it and will give me 5 to 50% of its contents. (Even 100% of nothing is nothing).
• You are a local charity and can not afford the opening price. (being fair, this one often works!).
• Telling me that you are an international charity and can not afford the opening price but your CEO earns over £250,000 pa, Yes I have had this!
• That you have an angle grinder and can cut it in half yourself (this is another one that I will wish you luck with).
• Telling me that if I am too expensive you will just cut the hinges off. Good luck with that buttercup! That hasn't worked for over 200 years. Try Googling 'Dog Bolt'.
• On getting a quote, trying to bluff me that you have a cheaper one, hoping I will drop my price. I will just tell you to use the cheaper quote. Then while you are trying to justify not using your cheaper non-existent quote, which normally goes along the lines of 'but the locksmith didn't sound like he knew how to open it' we will both know that your bluff was called. The easiest way to avoid this one is just don't try using the bluff method. I would also suggest that maybe Poker is not the card game for you! 
• This is a common one I receive. After I have given a quote, repeatedly telling or emailing me with totally irrelevant information about the safe hoping it will cause the price to drop.  
• Telling me your life story and how bad the world has treated you. My job is to open safes, not be a councillor. If life is that bad ring the Samaritans not a safe cracker.
• Asking for my best, budget or discount price, I don't have a best, budget or discount price, I just have a price!
• Telling me that you don't know if the cost will be prohibitive or not within your budget. The easiest way for me to answer this, is just by you telling me what your budget is. I will then tell you if you can afford it.
• Telling me that you are an 'influencer' and if I open your safe for free you will give me a 'shout out' to your nearly 300 followers. I have already opened the safes of some of the worlds richest and most influential people. They paid full price and so can you.
• If you have the combination to a safe but are unsure how to correctly dial it, I am always happy to explain how to do this over the phone. However, I am not going to spend 2 hours on the phone or typing countless emails trying to take you through rebuilding a lock or safe internals after you have taken them apart thinking that you do not need a professional and that you could do the job yourself. You started it, you finish it. An alternative would be to pay someone to come and complete the job!
• You purchased a safe cheap off ebay and it arrived locked without any keys. My price to open and re-key a safe is based on the make, model, grade and locks fitted, not your ebay purchase price.
• Telling me that you can open the safe yourself, so don't need me, but if I wanted to come and open it just on a 'for the practice' basis, you will let me! Yes I have had this!
• I have no doubt this list will carry on growing!

Booking Conditions
I book jobs on a first come first served basis. I only confirm bookings when the work required, price, date and time have been agreed and that I have been supplied with the full postal address. I will not drive to a postcode area and then call a number or wait at a location for a call to give me the final address! Yes I do have idiots that try and ask for this! Once I have booked a job in if you ring and cancel it without good reason, then I will not rebook it in. You will need to find someone else to do the job.

If you have lost your keys or forgotten your code, DO NOT BOOK ME until you have absolutely 100% given up looking for the keys or trying codes. I have had it where I have been driving for an hour to the job, when I get a call saying, "it's OK, we have had one last look and found the keys you don't need to come now" It is great that you have found the keys, but I think everyone would agree that as I have committed my time and mileage to the job it is only correct that I get paid.

I also reserve the right to walk away from any job if I am not 100% satisfied that you have lawful access to it.

Payment Conditions
Please note that I only take payment on the day. I can accept payment from all credit/debit cards including Amex via a chip and pin terminal and can also accept all credit debit card and Amex payments over the telephone. Receipts are give for all work carried out.

If you tell me that you can only pay me in 30 days, that is not a problem, just book the job today and I will turn up in 30 days to open your safe and then you can pay me on the day! I am self employed and I do not have the time to chase late or non payers.

As I normally get paid on completion of the job, the person paying me is required to be there at the end so payment can be taken. If for some reason the person who is going to pay me has to leave, then full payment can be taken before completion of the job. If you are not happy to do that, then just stay until the job is completed. Just like we agreed before I started it.

With the NHS and certain schools who can not pay on the day I do have previous experience and can tell you how payment can be made on the day.

All locks and parts supplied remain the property of Safe Cracker LTD until full payment is received.

Gun Cabinets
When customers contact me for a quote to open a single or double locked gun cabinet, I always give them the same speech. Yes, I know your gun cabinet is formed of a single piece of steel, cut, folded and electronically welded in a factory in China and costs around £3.50 to produce. But then they stick either 1 or 2 safe quality 7, 8 or 9 lever safe locks on them and my price is to open the lock so it is safe opening prices that I charge.

Identifying Your Safe
Below is an example of how I identify safes. It is a photograph of the under side of the top hinge of a Dudley Europa safe. Three dimples shows that it is a grade 3 safe. This is one of the many examples of how I can identify your safe.

Warning - But A Locksmith Has Offered Me A Cheaper Price!!
If you just want cheap, then my best advice is that you accept it, but keep this number, 07850 046641 handy! A real example of what is likely to happen is shown below. The owner accepted the cheapest quote and two locksmiths spent a total of 5 hours over two days trying to use a core drill to open this Hamber under floor safe. After giving up they still tried to charge him £150 for the drill bits they had used! As you can see the safe was left unopened and unrepairable. If you want to see how I open Hamber under floor safes without any damage to the safe, Click Here

Remember safes have additional security features built in to them to deadlock the safe should an unsophisticated attempt be made to open it. A specialist safe engineer knows how to deal with and defeat these features.

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