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Sherlock Holmes

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Eric writes:

Yes, but you can get the same ones at HD. Just go with Schlage, and stay
away from Kwikset (and no-name brands).

FWIW, the Schlage crap at Home Depot sucks too. Just try to have them
key a few locks the same and watch them cuss over the sloppy
manufacturing tolerances and ruin a few locksets before they manage to
get your locks keyed the same.

Nonsense. The Schlage locks at Home Depot are the same as the same model
of Schlage locks anywhere else -- the HD employees are blaming the
hardware for their own incompetence. You want competent locksmith
service, you hire a locksmith. You want hack work, have it done by a
hack at a home center.

I had several Schlage locks rekeyed this spring by a professional
locksmith; he didn't have any trouble at all. Dropped three locks off
with him and went to the post office, came back in twenty minutes and
all three were sitting on the counter waiting for me.