If You Choose the Low Bid, You May Be Getting Low Quality - Unless...

A recent competitor friend of mine relates to me how he lost a locksmith job because he was underbid by one of his competitors by $2000.   My friend went to bid on a large job in Murfreesboro, TN.  After he had bid the job, his competitor showed up.  My friend told me that, "As soon as I saw him drive up, I knew I would lose the bid."

The man who won the bid is the same man who inadvertently received a check meant for my company and then proceeded to cash it.  From personal experience, this man is a liar and a cheat.

The job that was being bid included a large number of commercial exit devices.  These devices were to be used in an industrial application.  When the unscrupulous locksmith was awarded the job, he proceeded to install low-quality panic devices on all of the clients doors.  He has since had to make many returns to maintain the poor quality products he installed.

If you are going to take the low bid on a lock installation project, ask other locksmiths, or call David at A-Best Locksmith, 615-308-6794, and ask for the wholesale cost of the locks that are being offered to you.  The locksmith who won the bid was installing outside trim for panic bars at $95 per piece.  That means he was buying them for $45.  Do you really want $45 locks on your commercial doors?  If so, you are acting foolishly and will live to regret your purchase.

Commercial door hardware of any quality cannot be had for under $500; and, even at that price, it will be a lighter duty than recommended for an industrial application.

The best devices on the market today are the Von Duprin products made by Ingersoll Rand.  The 99 Series Exit Device sells wholesale for between $450 and $575, depending upon whether or not the device is fire-rated, fire-rated being more expensive.

Ask your locksmith what he or she is paying for the product that is being installed.  Add 45% to that amount, and you will get a good idea of what a fair price should look like.

Go to www.a-bestlocksmith.com and check my list for prices that locksmiths are charged for the products they sell you!!  This is a free service.  Scroll to the bottom of the page.

Or check www.locksmithmurfreesboro.com!