‘Gypsy’ Locksmith Cause Headaches For Local Consumers – Montgomery Newspapers

Joe Flyzik, owner of Wlson’s Hardware and Locksmithing in Lansdale with some of the phone books that have been issued listing his business address associated with companies that are not his. Friday, November 5, 2010. Photo by Geoff Patton“It’s a problem where these gypsy locksmiths, these companies, put ads in phone books and people call. It then goes to a New York center and a guy usually shows up in an unlabeled car or truck. They dispatch them from New Jersey and they come in and it’s a total ripoff,” Flyzik said. “It’s hurting legitimate locksmiths.”
The issue has hit closer to home than you think, especially recently.
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