He was the only one that would answer the phone. He was nice and friendly and explained to me with all the drive-offs and cancellations he would not come out without a guaranteed payment. I went to a terminal sent a payment and got a receipt then he come out there and fixed it. He told me all those cancellations, Drive offs and people not answering their phone costs a lot of money and I can understand that. I would definitely use him again!! read more

Do not fall for this. He wants you to make a payment via some terminal. Tells you a long story about how the internet got him and credit isn't accepted. Just red flags all over the place. Stay away!!! read more

Insists on antiquated forms of payment like money orders or cashiers checks. Doesn't stop rambling - so unhelpful. No one wants to hear someone rant for an hour and not everyone can go to a store and get a paper money order in an emergency. Unreliable and just plain nuts. read more

WOW this guy is nuts called requesting service and he's talking about Trump and Guaranteed Payments. I don't have time for hour talks.

Unfortunately, I really cannot recommend this place...at all. Accidentally locked my keys inside my car and called A1 Affordable after a long list of other locksmith places that were closed late afternoon on Sunday. Guy initially seemed really nice and regretful that it would take him over an hour and a half to get to me. He also only took cash or check, so he said he would have to drive me to the gas station to get money before he would open my car. I was just thankful that I would be able to get home that night and agreed readily. Unfortunately, after calling him back after an hour to confirm that we were still on schedule, things seemed to devolve from there. He made it sound like it would take another hour or so to reach me. I understand that people run behind, but as a woman locked out in a public place after dark, I was a little on edge about being alone. I called a friend to keep me company while we waited. She has AAA and out of curiosity, we called to see how long their wait time was for a locksmith. They said they could have someone out there in about 20 minutes. I called A1 Affordable back with the news and suddenly the guy was on his way to pick me up with a price quote about $30 less than what I was initially quoted. I said that would be great-- I had called him first, so in my mind he definitely had first dibs to my business. However, I'm glad my friend didn't call back to cancel her AAA request because A1 Affordable called back roughly 10 minutes later and said he wouldn't be coming out at all. He claimed that other towing companies made him nervous and that he had had a bad experience with them in the past. If he had left it at that, I would have understood (been a little upset maybe, but understood). But he then proceeded to lecture me about calling around to other companies and about "how things worked" in this area. I could hardly get a word in, and the phone call became so long that I eventually just gave in and hung up. Honestly cannot recommend this company to anyone at all. Luckily, AAA pulled through about 10min after I got off the phone and another local company had my car open in a jiffy. I would do some research and find another company if you need a locksmith--A1 Affordable is pretty unreliable in my eyes. read more

We called A1 Affordable today and the guy was so friendly, helpful, and knowledgable. And successful in fixing the problem! I even gave him a tip and I don't really tip in these situations. If I were staying in the area I'd definitely consider him a go-to for any lock and key related problems read more

I made the mistake of locking myself out of my own house while my spare key was inside. To top it off the other two people with a key were out of town and all of my windows were locked and it was 9:30PM on a Friday. The next step was to call a 24 hour locksmith I searched and found A1 Affordable their address was only a couple blocks away so it made sense. I call and the guy that picks up was pretty rough on the phone and said it would take him about 40 minutes to get to my place I reminded him I was stuck and he said he'd come as soon as possible. 45 minutes go by I call again and the guy tells me he is hungry and was going to grab a quick bite to eat then he would be over. Another hour passes I call him again and all I can here is people in the background!!! Is he sitting down eating at a restaurant at 11:30 at night???? He lets me know he is almost done and will call me when he is ready don't call back. In the meantime I had to knock a window out to get into the house and deal with fixing it later. He then calls me it is now after midnight and he sounds drunk and lets me know he is 30 minutes from Blacksburg and coming my way...... he then got very angry when I told him I was already in my house not to bother. The next day I went to their address to complain and guess what.....no office turns out its some call service the guy had to be in Roanoke. Never call them under any circuimstances. read more

He opened my new nissan trunk lock fast without drilling it! For some reason another locksmith wanted to drill it out.