So last Friday, I locked myself out of my apartment. I had taken my key off and tied it around my shoelace to run with, but I forgot to put it back on my keychain. DOH! I have since had an extra made just for running, learned my lesson.
Anyway, I didn't realize I was locked out until I came home from a night out, around 1AM. I tried calling my apartment maintenance service, no answer. Ugh. I had to be somewhere in the morning so I needed in. I looked up a locksmith from my phone, and found one that advertised $15 locksmith service. I called them up, and they said they were sending someone out. Cool, I thought. :thumbsup:
Two guys show up, eastern European and they hardly speak any English. The one was just along for the ride, but the other was a badass locksmith. Opened my door in about 5 seconds.
I then pull out $30, $15 for the fee and another $15 tip. He says, "NO, its $180". I said your website advertised $15. He says, "No, $180. Its late" (I assume some sort of fee for the time). I said I don't have $180, I have $30. Which was true that's all I had. He then demands that I follow him and his friend to an ATM so I could give them $180. I said that is extremely dangerous and refused to go.
At this point, I should have threatened to call the police. I didn't, I was not thinking straight as I was starting to get a little nervous with the two of them getting upset. I told him I'd pay him the $180 with my credit card, thinking I would just dispute the fuck out of it. He got pissed off that I wasn't paying in cash. Finally charges me with the CC. I wake up the next morning, and he charged my CC $200. LOL what a piece of shit. $200 to unlock a door.
After the pending charge cleared I called up Chase, they sent me dispute forms and I just typed up my story, printed out their add off the internet advertising $15 and sent it in. I called them to follow up on it, and the representative went over my paperwork, and said he was going to put $185 back on my card. $200 - their alleged $15 fee.
BAM! Take that you POS locksmith.
:thumbsup: to chase.
Anyway, I didn't realize I was locked out until I came home from a night out, around 1AM. I tried calling my apartment maintenance service, no answer. Ugh. I had to be somewhere in the morning so I needed in. I looked up a locksmith from my phone, and found one that advertised $15 locksmith service. I called them up, and they said they were sending someone out. Cool, I thought. :thumbsup:
Two guys show up, eastern European and they hardly speak any English. The one was just along for the ride, but the other was a badass locksmith. Opened my door in about 5 seconds.
I then pull out $30, $15 for the fee and another $15 tip. He says, "NO, its $180". I said your website advertised $15. He says, "No, $180. Its late" (I assume some sort of fee for the time). I said I don't have $180, I have $30. Which was true that's all I had. He then demands that I follow him and his friend to an ATM so I could give them $180. I said that is extremely dangerous and refused to go.
At this point, I should have threatened to call the police. I didn't, I was not thinking straight as I was starting to get a little nervous with the two of them getting upset. I told him I'd pay him the $180 with my credit card, thinking I would just dispute the fuck out of it. He got pissed off that I wasn't paying in cash. Finally charges me with the CC. I wake up the next morning, and he charged my CC $200. LOL what a piece of shit. $200 to unlock a door.
After the pending charge cleared I called up Chase, they sent me dispute forms and I just typed up my story, printed out their add off the internet advertising $15 and sent it in. I called them to follow up on it, and the representative went over my paperwork, and said he was going to put $185 back on my card. $200 - their alleged $15 fee.
BAM! Take that you POS locksmith.
:thumbsup: to chase.