The Six-Store Lock Disaster of Chip from Naples, Florida
Chip Did Everything Possible To Avoid Calling A Local Locksmith In Naples Florida . Chip is a proud DIY guy. He fixes his own leaky faucet, he assembles his own patio furniture, and he once changed a lightbulb without calling his brother-in-law. So when his front door lock started sticking in the middle of July, he figured, “How hard can a lock be?” He just wanted to avoid the Naples locksmith service charge. Famous last words . It started with a key that wouldn’t turn all the way. Chip decided the lock was just “dirty” and grabbed some WD-40. That made it worse. Now the key wouldn’t turn at all, and Chip was locked out of his own house in 92°F humidity with salt air sticking to everything. “No problem,” Chip said. “I’ll just replace the whole thing without any locksmith in Naples charging me that service call price.” He pulled the old lock off and drove to the first hardware store in Naples with the lock in a Ziploc bag like it was evidence at a crime scene. The guy at th...