Showing posts with label locks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label locks. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 December 2014

Keep The 'Local' in Local Locksmiths Today

If you work as a locksmith such as any Brighton locksmiths, it is becoming progressively common to meet customers who have been ripped off or left hopeless with the work, some even fearing that they may have divulged security information to untrustworthy people. Victims of the money grabbing national call centre operations that charge absurd hidden fees and charge for needless work.

So Why Is This Happening to So Many Of Us?

Great national locksmith chains spend masses of pounds each year on advertising. They buy up multiple pages of adverts in magazine or newspaper directories using different company names and redirect phone numbers to appear local and dupe the customers into believing they are dealing with a honest local locksmith. This massive outflow is passed directly onto the customers who would be

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lucky to ever pay less than £100 for the simplest of jobs and anywhere up to £500 which is ludicrous.

More frequently than not the 'locksmith' or ‘engineer’, will be dispatched from their nearest point, which could be considerably far away. The customer is always comforted they will be no more than 30 mins away, but this is hardly the case and I have met customers that were left stranded for hours before eventually trying to cancel. At this point they have usually previously taken note of your card details and will bill you for their call out anyway despite failing to show.


Why Don’t People Get a Genuine Locksmith like any Brighton Locksmiths?

Customers need to be educated on the best ways to dodge these national scammers to ensure we do
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not all get tarred with the same brush. It is not adequate and we must make a stop to it all.


We need to educate our customers on the best ways to avoid these national scammers to ensure we do not all get tarred with the same brush. It is not acceptable and we must make a stand.


Copying this or sharing this information onto your webpage along with a summary of what it is about will help customers make the right choice, choose a local locksmith and avoid being the next victim.





http://www.locksmiths.co.uk/news/master-locksmiths-association-expose-scam-locksmith/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/12-ways-to-avoid-locksmit_b_4532019.html
http://findusfirst.medialisting/haines-security/

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Tips for Picking a Locksmith – Being Locked Out Is Not Fun

What’s the best way to pick a trustworthy locksmith? Deliberate researching locksmiths before you need one, the same way you would a plumber, electrician, or other professional. That works well if you’re looking to have some security work done at your home, like installing deadbolts on the
external doors of your house, or a safe in your bedroom.

But if you’re dealing with an emergency, similar being locked out of your car, you really don’t have much time for thorough research.

Regardless of whether you are locked out of your car or home, you need new locks installed, or you require other security work, the FTC offers these tips to help you hire a legitimate, local locksmith.


How to Not Get Locked Out of the House


One thing you totally do not want to do is to leave a door or window unlocked as protection against getting locked out. This is because if you know how to break in to your house, a burglar can easily discover that method, too. Always lock your doors and windows.

The secret to avoid getting locked out of the house is to make an extra set of keys, and make sure you have access to a spare key in the event you are locked out.

If you do not have an extra key, you may need to call a locksmith. Do not kick in the door because you may end up replacing the door jamb, door frame and your door, which is far more expensive than paying a locksmith. Ditto for breaking a window. Locksmiths are cheaper. Just in case, program a locksmith's phone number into your cell.


Good Places to Stash Your Key


You can remove your door knobs and take them to a hardware store, do it yourself (if you know how) or call a locksmith to change all the locks so they unlock with the same key. Here are places to hide an extra key:

  • Give an extra key to a friend, family member or neighbor whom you trust.
  • Buy a fake rock, put the key inside and hide the rock in the garden. Make sure the rock looks real because burglars know how to look for these. 
  •  Carry an extra key in a briefcase or, if you're a woman, your bag.








http://homebuying.about.com/od/buyingahome/qt/Locked-Out-Of-House.htm
http://callusfirst.uk.com/listing/haines-security/

Thursday, 20 November 2014

The Queens Security: The Ins and Outs of The Foot Guards

Whilst The Foot Guards are also fully operational soldiers, part of their duties is of course guarding The Queen and her residences. The duty of mounting 'Queen's Guard' as it's known within the Army is one which many also take on with great pride. The guards remain a fully functional part of royal defences though through the years they have become a tourist attraction.

Although formerly the guards were able to be located among the public, in current times, more and more of the sentry posts have been moved away from the public because of incidents involving tourists interfering with the guards' job. Most recently, the sentry posts at Clarence House were moved behind a chain linked fence when a guardsman in the Coldstream Guardsassaulted a tourist who was mocking him, pretending to march alongside him. In London, the only open sentry posts remaining not usually behind any sort fence are those at the Pall Mall entrance to St James's Palace.

There has been multiple accounts of intruders at the Queen’s Palace, without the help of Brighton Locksmiths. Buckingham Palace, in London. Here are a few examples:

  • Victor Miller, a 37-year-old DJ, was arrested last September in the palace grounds and was later charged with trespass. He climbed a 12ft fence to breach palace security, before being tracked down and taken into custody at a location 'open to the public during the day'.
  • Talhat Rehman, 54, was filmed holding the blade to his own neck. The middle-aged man walked through crowds of tourists grasping two large kitchen knives before police surrounded him and used a Taser stun gun to neutralise him.
  • Jason Hatch, a member of the group Fathers4Justice, then unfurled a banner and spent five hours in full public view before he was arrested by police. The ease with which he had made it into the palace prompted an urgent review of Royal security. A particularly embarrassing episode in 2004 saw a protester dressed as Batman sneak onto a ledge next to a balcony in the Palace after using a ladder to get over the walls.

Micheal Fagan, 1982
  • The most egregious breach of Royal security was surely the case of Michael Fagan in 1982. He managed to scale the walls of the Palace on the morning of July 7, climb a drainpipe and stroll the palace before making his way into the Queen's room, where he found her in her nighty and tucked up in bed on her lonesome.






http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/michael-fagan-her-nightie-was-one-of-those-liberty-prints-down-to-her-knees-7179547.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Guard
http://findusfirst.media/listing/haines-security/

Thursday, 13 November 2014

Indian Home Trumps The Use Of Locksmiths Like Locksmiths in Brighton


Locksmithing is the occupation of working with locks and keys. A person who repairs this is called

The building was recently finished in Mumbai, India and we couldn’t be more shocked. The Antilia house which unveiled its first renderings just over two-years ago has become a scary reality, egregiously boasting 27 stories at 568 feet high, with a total area of over 398,000 square feet of living space. What at first glimpse looks and sounds like a typical skyscraper is far from it, the Antilla is in fact a $1 billion family home built for India’s wealthiest man (and Forbes’ fourth richest man) Mukesh Ambani, his wife, and three children. Raised within a country valued to have one-third of the world’s poorest population, the Antilia truly exemplifies the disease of excessive consumption, extreme wastefulness, and unsustainable living that is permeating today’s society. A place like this is likely to attract burglars, but would it be an easy job for a locksmith, like locksmiths in Brighton?

The Antilia is the product of a partnership between architecture firms Perkins and Will and Hirsch Bedner Associates. The building, which has taken nearly three years to complete, hosts 27-
stories, which are far from modest. The tower would in fact hold 60-stories, had Ambani settled for standard-height ceilings, rather than opting for an extremely high floor-to-ceiling program. The building currently stands on Mumbai’s Altamount Road, prime real estate in the dense metropolis, towering over surrounding structures less than half its size.
a locksmith. Locksmiths like locksmiths in Brighton fix broken locks, make keys, and install security systems like alarms. In most countries locksmiths must follow a strict set of rules. In some countries locksmiths start as apprentices. In others they must get a certificate or degree after training at a school or university.
 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia_(building)
http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml
http://callusfirst.uk.com/listing/haines-security/

Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Locksmiths in Brighton Aren't A Concern For These Celebs - Home Security Madness

Celebrities are always trying to build walls around themselves, literally and figuratively, and those walls cost money unlike if you’d called out a Locksmiths in Brighton.

Here are Some Current Celebrities That Have Outrageous Security Systems –


locksmiths in brighton1. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie - Perhaps the most powerful and influential couple in Hollywood, “Brangelina” has bottomless pockets when it comes to looking after their six children. The fabulous duo have hired retired SAS (Special Air Services) officers to guard their home in the south of France, and fixing a security system that is worth almost $235 million. The cameras are hooked up to motion-triggered TV screens, controlled wirelessly so they cannot be shut off by an intruder. Certain parts of the house even need digital fingerprint recognition before granting access.
      
     
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2. Britney Spears - The pop diva behind “Baby One More Time” and “Toxic” has had her part of paparazzi troubles in the past, so it’s no surprise that she spends almost half a million dollars on security (which is not available at Locksmiths in Brighton) every year to keep enthusiastic photographers away from her home in Los Angeles.

locksmiths brighton3. Tom Cruise - The Mission: Impossible and celebrity Scientologist’s home in Beverly Hills, California has a minor guard shack watching the front gates, and hidden cameras placed everywhere, including a few feet off the ground to arrest the license plate numbers of cars entering the property.Staff members are assigned “zones”, and are not allowed to work or move outside of their assigned zones. Security guards once took down a drunken neighbour with a taser after he hopped over a fence.
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4. Prince William & Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge - Great Britain’s newest royal couple may not be “celebrities” in the traditional sense, but the security system for their future home is probably the envy of many ordinary celebrities. Their residence will contain air-locked double doors to guard against intruders, closed circuit television, raising bollards and spiked railings to give the future King of England and his queen consort (and their family) all the privacy in the world.


How To Secure Your Home With Locksmiths in Brighton


When people think of protecting their homes, they often think of fancy expensive security systems with lots of bells and whistles. That is certainly an option, but there are measures you can take that won't break the bank, too. For example, there is an option of calling out your local Locksmiths in Brighton. Also, depending on your home and area, you may not need the most expensive system.




http://www.homesecurityinformation.com/
http://www.vulture.com/2013/06/hollywood-safer-after-the-bling-ring.html
http://callusfirst.uk.com/listing/haines-security/

Tuesday, 21 October 2014

How to Beat Burglary in the UK and All Around

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Burglary is one of the UK’s biggest crimes. The essence of which is illegal entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offence. Usually that offence will be theft, but most jurisdictions specify others which fall within the ambit of burglary.

In 2013, burglaries rose by 45% in Brighton and Hove. More than three homes a day were burgled in just one year and also rising in the North of England by 12%.

Although, in fact, the Home Office says crime is at its lowest level since 1981.

Crime prevention minister Norman Baker said "Today's statistics are more good news and the evidence is clear: police reform is working and crime is falling. We can have confidence that England and Wales are safer than they have been for decades."

But in Nottingham, burglary, robbery, shoplifting, sexual offences and incidents of violence with

injury all increased.And, in Brighton and Hove Detective Chief Inspector Jez Graves admitted he was “disappointed” with the huge number of burglaries.

He vowed to make the city a “no go” area for burglars and told how roads policing officers were now in the process of setting up a “dedicated campaign” aimed at tackling people coming to the county with the sole intention of burgling homes.

How Locksmiths in Brighton Prevent Burglary

Locksmiths in BrightonIf you are feeling in fear of burglary at any point then your local locksmith can come out to your house and change your locks for you.

Whether your current locks are simply too old, damaged or loose, new door locks can be fitted at almost any time, and just about anywhere, at as little as 24-hour’s notice. Most locksmiths deal with a wide range of door models and sizes, so you shouldn’t worry too much about whether or not they can get yours fixed quickly. New locks usually cost somewhere between £25 and £40, not including VAT and varies from Locksmiths in Brighton.