Danny King Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Don't you love it when Timpo needs to come begging for a key blank as they don't have one. Even tho they have 4 stores near to me..... He didn't get one from me Even tho I had one or two..... Broms Cobb and kobblers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Don't you love it when Timpo needs to come begging for a key blank as they don't have one. Even tho they have 4 stores near to me..... He didn't get one from me Even tho I had one or two..... Bahh Humbug.!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 I always prefer a friendly exchange with my local shops. Im always happy to send customers to them if I can’t help them. Customers like businesses that help each other and seem happy to use both in future. I suppose that customer is more likely to use another branch now that he has another 3 of them on their doorstep and may never know you exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny King Posted December 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 We do work with Lots of mobile locksmiths, and they recommend us. I am really sure Timpo locksmith would tell his customer where he got the blank from or reccomend us to them.NOT..LOL Also I'm sure if I walk into a timpo branch and try and get a key blank of them they would help me..... x minit uk, Broms Cobb and kobblers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Yeah, I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCityShoes Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 The Timpsons near me is happy to swap anything that isn’t branded, and vice versa. They’re just guys trying to do their job. There is a branch literally across the road from me, and I send them any work I either don’t have th equipment, or the time for Count Muppet and Mike at Vauxhall 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at Vauxhall Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 I would describe my relationship with my two closest competitors as fairly symbiotic really. SteelCityShoes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisorros Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 I do a lot of key cutting / keying alike / master keying ect ect for local locksmiths in my area as they don't have the facilities on their vans to do it. If they pay the price i'm asking i'm happy with that. Doesn't matter what company they're from. To be fair to the Timpsons near me do send people to me if they can't do some keys or locks & i send some engraving items their way if the time scale is to short for me to day. Swings & roundabouts. I haven't asked them for key blanks but when my engraving machine went down the lads really help me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidlocks Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 i do alot of jobs for timpson branches across my area , especially when keys get broking during a case repair , they always pay on completion and never quibble price and they send me a good few jobs each month . if its something silly they can fix themselves i explain what to do to them and they fix it at no cost , its swings and roundabouts , i help them with support if possible and they pass me whats beyond their kit and skill set , works for me . i cant fault their customer service , if they break it they replace it and always no quibble and straight away and fully at their own cost. kobblers and Mike at Vauxhall 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryHeffernan Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Funny how things are we help the independent over the road from us all the time and have never needed anything from him. Mike at Vauxhall 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 I've never needed any help from a Timpson, my network of independent friends was built up using this every site. I wouldn't help a local Timpson shop. I would help the person in it, if I new them on a personal level and they weren't earning a bonus out of my generosity. I can't imagine Tesco sending Aldi a thousand bottles of milk if they ran out. it just wouldn't make sense. but I bet several employees from each are best mates. I complete at local level, I don't see timpson as a national chain, just a local competitor I am here to compete, there's no friends in business. wellsy9, grahamparker and kobblers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broms Cobb Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 I complete at local level, I don't see timpson as a national chain, just a local competitor I am here to compete, there's no friends in business. and that's the point! Both ways, were all competitors of theirs and they do there best at 'slatting us off' and making out how good they are - even the snotty kids that they now employ lol kobblers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom D Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 well since its the season of peace on earth good will to all men etc etc , in fairness and i used to work for them . i dont like them opening everywere bloody unskilled staff ( but in this day and age there handy ?) to be honest i wish a pox on the lot of them staples superglue ( thanks leeds market branch fuckin 2 this week and im 90 miles away ?) i could go on in fairness the mcdonalds of shoe repair , now here we go . we aint all like that is the retort ? yeah i know that i speak to some repairers who work for them who do give a shit , but i remember one of the finest repairers i ever worked with being sent on a refresher course with a tit who wasnt fit to polish shoes oh and since its christmas if i ever met the c--t whos head of hr ( 2 faced shit ) id run him over twice ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom D Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 3 times gouy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryHeffernan Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 I do the job because I enjoy it not because I love working for a certain company. Not all of us are in the position to have our own shops even if that’s what we are trying to work towards. I understand that having your own shop is different because everything you do comes out of your own pocket but I’ll always help the independent near me if he needs it. There’s nothing to say that the customers will come to us if he can’t do it. So a bit of help here and there doesn’t put me out at all. SteelCityShoes, Mike at Vauxhall and kobblers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCityShoes Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 You guys are some of the best repairers in the country, why on Earth are you so worried about a little local comepetiton? k4mrc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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