AMI Locksmith

1st of of all there is nothing called Nationwide Service. The so called business is run by only one man (he never says his true name) in Virginia. He uses 2 nos one toll free ((888) 792-7467) and one his own number (703) 956-0318. This is just to create the impression that someone frm the office picks up the call and sends the teccian to the field, but both are same person.



2. When you call this person, you will NOT understand the poor English he speaks (From what I understand is that he is from Ethiopia). He will talk in a very commanding tone and make you hurry and give you some false dollar figures. He would say opening the car is free and then key is $45. If you ask for additional key and remote, he will say everything would be around 165. Eventually, you will be paying more than what you discussed with him



3. All the business tricks lies in the website that he has created and the homeadvisor false/pseudo rating that has been provided so far by him.



PLs DO NOT GET FOOLDED

AMI Locksmith should be OUT OF BUSINESS!

We hired AMI locksmiths to CHANGE 6 locks in our residence (3 doors). They quoted $50 per lock but the final bill ended up over $400. While they were working, we found out they just RE-KEYED the locks, so I called several other locksmiths and learned the re-key price was $35 or less, per lock. Shortly after the AMI locksmiths left we noticed we had 2 more locks to re-key (one door) so I called them and asked if they could do that as a courtesy because they already charged us HIGHER than the standard rate of all the other locksmiths.

I think I spoke to a person by the name Aouy. He was very rude and said IF WE FOUND ANOTHER LOCKSMITH TO CONFIRM the re-key price of $35 per lock, he'd honor that price. I then called Payless Locksmith, 703-459-9977 on a conference call with Aouy and the other locksmith confirmed the re-key rate was $35 plus a $15 service call fee, no extra fees. Aouy started shouting on the phone "we quoted $50 per lock and you accepted it", and would not listen to any of my explanation that they quoted CHANGE the locks but actually RE-KEYED them.

I told him this was not a good way to do business, the other locksmith would have charged us $295 for ALL 8 locks to re-key (8 x $35 = $280 + $15 = $295) while AMI charged us over $400 for the 6 locks. We ended up using Payless Locksmith for the last door, who were great, but a bunch of other local locksmiths (e.g Metro Locksmith in Vienna, VA) quoted the lower re-key price as well.

AMI Locksmith Services is a TOTAL RIP OFF and their customer service is abysmal! The new keys they gave us were strange - some were new, some very old. WILL NOT RECOMMEND THIS LOCKSMITH!

This was a rip off. They say they charge 15$. I think they forgot a zero because when they came to open a simple closet door the charge was actually 150$. I was not pleased with this. Plus, it took them an hour, not 15 minutes to get there.

Great Service, Quick response and highly professionals. The price they give is fair. Highly recommended!

come out immediately, very professional and reasonably priced.would definitely use again!

I would recommend this company to anyone including family. They constantly do the job right. The AMI Locksmith technician was prompt and efficient and friendly. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him.