derek Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 i had a customer in today asking if i can cut garrison keys.i told her that i can get them to order with her security card at £15 a key.she told me that the locksmith about 20 mins away was doing them for £5 each surely the cost of the machine & blanks cant leave much profit,do any of you guys cut them & what price do you charge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k4mrc Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 most customers who want "expensive" keys tell us they are £1-99 down the road! ignore them, and hope they go away!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phill Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 we cut garrison keys, we charge around £8. The cost of the key machine depends on what you go for. Was at the MLA show today, DB sell a very good computerised dimple/laser machine which cuts to code or from copy but at around £10,000 its for the serious key cutter. We have Mul-t-lock's machine which comes "free" when you order XXXX amount of Garrison products. The genuine Garrison key blanks cost around £1.50 each coined with company name or copies from DB or SKS are around 60p. So thats how your competition can charge £5, although seems very cheap. Why do you tell your customer you need the card? the keys are very easy to read and cut to code without the card in a simular way to a ford Tibbe. Might be able to help you, what do you pay for a cut key at the momeny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Was at the MLA show today, D'oh, I missed ya Phil, you never called!!, maybe AD Day....PM me ya number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 i've not lomg started up in business for myself and don't get asked for many at the moment so i use a locksmith that i know and his advice was to use customers card he charges me £9 a key although i know that you can cut them using a laser machine just not too sure about the garrison key and would hate to jam 1 in the lock without trying them on a test lock to make sure that i'm doing it properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phill Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Derek, without trying to under cut your local locksmith, I could probably do it for around half that with around £2.70 carrage. I can supply a depth reader key, to help you read your customers key, believe me its very very easy. You wont damage the customers lock if you get it wrong, not that you would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phill Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Tel no bar at the show whats that all about. You dont get that kind of nonsense at the shoe repair expos. There would be a riot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaloti Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 bar was upstairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Davis Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 RRP of a Garrison key is £8.13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Tony original Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Well sell the Garrison keys - and I would also agree - the retial price on these should be around the £8 - £9 price . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phill Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 They told me that bar was closed all day Went to the Holiday Inn round the corner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hibsjo(SCO) Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Our nearest mul-t-lock key cutter(multinational) charges £4.50 for a key? Guess what he's closing down! retail about £8.50 and you cant go wrong! If I were to cut them on the laser machine they would be £12.50 but on the mul-t-lock machine £8.50 carry on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lockandkeycentre Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Hi all we charge £8.50 for garrisson keys, we cut them on our dedicated garrisson machine but they can also be cut on the Triax e code, we brought the cutter for our triax e code a little while ago cos it also does KALE dimple keys and it was really cheap, around £30 if i remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhughz Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 I charge £8 for one Garrison key but give discounts for multiple orders and trade orders. We too use the dedicated Garrison key machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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