I wish I had looked at reviews here, but I was in a rush. There were so many issues. I wanted nickel but they only had bronze, so now I hate my door, but again I was in a rush so I took it. They said there was no service charge on the phone, but there was on the bill. When I questioned it Leon argued with me very unprofessionally. They charged $225 for a lock I could buy at lowes for $100 less - same brand. All of that I could have accepted because it was a rush job. However, when I called to say they forgot something, they tried to tell me to do it myself ( they want a disabled 60 year old with a fused spine to climb the ladder to the device on the garage ceiling). When they helped me program the garage opener, they forgot to program with wall keypad with the new code; he is saying it's my fault for not telling him knowing that I'd been living in the house for 2 hours, and I'm not the expert. But okay, I miss it. When I called to ask him to help finish the job, he didn't response the text and call within a business day. Then he said he was busy with people in the store. Then he said he didn't have time, and again, I should do it myself or find someone to help finish the job. He wanted me to wait a week to come back and finish the job because "they're too busy". What makes this abhorrent is his tone and demeaner. He grew louder and more abrupt on the phone, and told me he'd call back because .... well, I guess my call wasn't as important and couldn't ask the people in front of them to wait 2 minutes. Very nice during the actual job. He was the complete opposite when I called to finish the job. The more I tried to explain, the ruder he became interrupting me repeatedly, and having no customer service skills to professionally and calmly explain it to me. To cap it off, when I had a question on the bill, I had to send it to them because they didn't have it. When I tried to discuss with him, he was ridiculously rude and interrupting me again, arguing with me, getting louder, and had the audacity to say he did me a favor ($500 bill). Parts of the bill contradicted the verbal - and again he said I was wrong. EXCEEDINGLY RUDE and no customer service skills. Typical perhaps of age and experience, but to be spoken over and rudely argued with is the absolute worst customer experience. All they had to do was be responsive and say - we'll be out there as soon as we are able and help finish the job. Period. It's called respect of your customers and professionalism in running a business. read more

Poor customer service. Invested $250 into a new key fob to include programming. Was told I had to bring it in for programming at the shop but, wasn't told that I had to make an appointment. Wasted a trip to Albuquerque to find them closed and "Leon" had to perform the job. Leon was out. Called back and couldn't make an appointment. Tried talking to him and he cuts me off saying he had someone in the shop. Totally rude and unprofessional. read more

owner Leon Montoya treated me so horrible I am in shock. Lied repeatedly, wasted my time, had me wait all Monday afternoon, waited on them till 4:30 Tuesday no show. i called him and he promptly hung up. I called back and he acted like he didn't know who I was. Then he said we tried to call this morning but I had waited by phone all day. I am 76 years old, no car for 5 days and had to remind him over and over, take his insults, wait 2 days and then he said "I'm busy end of second day, I'll call you back when it was 4:30, but he didn't. People this is the worst, bottom of the barrel, scary lead you on behavior, set you up and watch you suffer behavior you'll ever come across read more

Unfortunately I forgot to ask the the gentleman's name, but he was so quick to get to me, efficient and kind! He inquired about my key situation and gave me some great suggestions! I will be buying my keys and recommending them from now on. read more

The Lock Shop - Keys & Locksmiths Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

It's everyone's worst nightmare. Locking your keys in the house. You check all your pockets, you check you purse, and then you check them all again. Nada. You think of where your spare key is, you can see it, visualize exactly where it is....there in it's spot in the house. Because you never gave it to that person who was going to hold onto your spare for you in dire times like this one. Blast! All after a short trip to the grocer because you needed ground beef to make stroganoff hamburger helper. So, if you must know, I found myself locked out of my apartment. We won't get into the details, but it happened. We also struggled for about a half an hour trying to find another way in. That didn't happen. So i searched for a 24 hour locksmith service on the handy dandy interweb function of the mobile device and came upon the The Lock Shop. Truth be told they were the second place I called but the first to answer! Thank you Lock Shop! The guy I spoke with said he would be there in 10 to 15 minutes and he was! He also got us back into my apartment in about, let's say, 2 minutes! Thank you Derrick for your great customer service. You were right on time and super quick. I would highly recommend the Lock Shop to anyone I know. Now, I gotta get to that to do list and get that spare of mine out of my place! read more

I I was a repeat customer for the last year. Guys needed to make a spare key.... it's been done several times. Couldn't get it done then blamed the car not working after it would not start. Had to leave Sequoia OVER NIGHT UNSECURED ON MANUAL! The next day I passed by 3 times and no one was working on it so I called and they said they were. They wanted me to let the mechanic next door fix it for $350... Sounded like EXTORTION TO ME! I paid $175 to basically screw up the vehicle! So I had Towed to my mechanic; now $250 and two hrs later my general mechanic fixed it and all he had to dip was programthe keys correctly. LEON the owner response was well if you gave me a chance I would have had it fixed.... Afterwards Leon was very difficult to talk to and refused to reimburse and argued with me the entire way. A 20 min/ $175 key Turned into a 2 day $425 key. read more

The Lock Shop - Keys & Locksmiths Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

Do not answer and do horrible work. I would never let this crew back in my shop. Worst locksmith in town ! read more

I was a space cadet and accidentally left my keys in the house...after locking the door. The Lock Shop sent Daniel (fellow Chihuahua parent) and he arrived no more than 10 minutes after I contacted them. Friendly, great service and I highly recommend. read more

The Lock Shop was very fast and friendly. They came in 10 minutes when I was locked out at the post office and I was on the road in another 5 min. read more

Buckle down yelpers, this is going to be a gooood one! Background story: My husband and I have two cars, which we rely on to between school, work. We went on a trip and my husband lost his only cars key somewhere in UT, NM or CA! I had a nightmare week dropping him off and picking him up work from 3-11pm With my toddler in tow! Ugh! We should have called the lock shop sooner! At this point there was no hope of finding our old key! Competition? Nope! We called our dealership first and with no interest, they said our cost would be $175 for our model of car and we would have to bring our car to them (like yeah, let me just hop into my locked keyless car and I'll be right over) and getting a tow truck seemed like a hassle Looking for other local options in hopes of a better deal and customer service. I called and they gave me a better deal and options of $100 to $150 (for my model of car)! We called the next day and asked if we needed to make an apt and if we needed to get our car to them. They immediately sent Derek to come to us within 25 mins and he went above and beyond in friendliness, expertise and good pricing! They even were able to take card so I don't have to run out to the ATM; it was completely hassle free! Seriously, don't look anywhere else for your locksmith guy and shop local! read more

I cannot say enough about this company! During these pandemic times when people are struggling and financially strapped they were willing to work with what I had. I'm pretty sure they didn't make a penny off of this job! They had the best estimate in town to begin with. I would be stranded without them (until my next check at the first of the month), I'm so grateful for them. A shout out to Derrick the tech guy who came out! He was pretty awesome as well! read more

This place is great. Leon was friendly, honest and got the job done. I had been going to a locksmith closer to my house for years. I brought them a new key fob to be cut and programmed. They told me it may damage their machine and offered to sell me one of their keys for much much more. I told them I will look around. Brought it to the Lock Shop. Leon had it cut and programmed for $20 less than the original quote I received from the other shop. He's a little farther away but he has won all my bussiness in the future! read more

These guys are fantastic! We were in a situation where we needed a quick turnaround on a significant amount of locks being changed. Leon, at The Lock Shop,was helpful, efficient and did a awesome job! Thank you The Lock Shop for bring everything we needed read more

Five stars for being quick to arrive 5 stars for being fast to unlock my car and five stars because they were extremely polite and nice made sure I didn't need anything else asked me if I needed a spare key to be made will definitely be recommending the lock shop as well as using them whenever needed and last but not least the cost is not outrageous at all very reasonable. read more

The lock shop came out and rekeyed our entire house upon moving in. When we moved in, we had one too many keys to deal with and the person that came out made one key, allowing us to get rid of the others. It was an easy process and everything that was done was explained thoroughly, especially when he explained how good the lock brands we have in our house are. I had zero concerns regarding the safety of our new house once everything was completed. I highly recommend this company for your key or lock needs. read more

the absolute worst experience ever. incompetent. refused to complete or repair. lies. overcharge. insulting and rude.never use this company. use bills. employee spent too long on noon and lied to owner saying we impeded him when we barely spoke to him. terrible company.owner leon was purposely nasty and stooped. to lowlife levels read more

Awesome service. Reasonable price. Very fast and even went out of the way to stop by my locked car on the way to another customer. Arrived in 10 minutes right when he promised and I was on my way in another 5. Thanks! read more

Fastest friendliest service of any lock shop in Albuquerque. They do the best work for the lowest price whatever your needs may be

Leon the owner is probably one of the more ignorant moronic people I have ever spoken with, wasted my time and money saying he would repair my lock and then a week later acts like I didn't pay him to repair it and that I payed him to practically still have a broken lock. Way to go Leon‍‍ read more

I had my car keys stolen and they we're able to accommodate me with my time and were very helpful throughout the whole process. They were very affordable compared to the price that the dealership gave me. Instead of needing to have my car towed to the dealership, these guys came to wherever I needed them. Derrick was the one that came and programmed a new key for me and it literally only took him about 5 minutes and explained everything he did. Very nice people and great service. I would ask for Derrick for any of your locksmith needs. read more

I locked my keys in my truck!!! Called these guys they were there in 15 minutes, He was polite and impressively fast as he popped the lock. The price was less than ice ever payed for this type of service (Im a habitual user lol) . I would not recommend anyone else. read more

My mother Gracie Okay got her car done at the Lock Shop and Owner Leon broke the chip in her Lexus and are now refusing to fix it. They broke her key and the chip won't do anything about now read more

Shout out to Derrick who showed up quickly and charged a fair price on a Sunday morning. I'm going to get a couple more keys made by him tomorrow! read more

They showed up with in the hour and worked quickly! We took our car in after to have a key made and the service was fast and excellent at a reasonable price! I am very happy with the service I received read more

We brought a vehicle here to simply get a spare key for a vehicle, what a mess! They called us and told us the car won't start now and tried to blame us for their mistake! Asking questions like "did you have issues with the car starting before" Ummmm no! We paid them $175 to basically screw up the vehicle! We then had to have the car towed to another shop and pay for a new key and to be programmed they had no problem fixing their mistake. So now we had to pay another $195 plus $45 to tow, costing us $450 for a key and programming! read more

Derrick might've been having a bad day but it was pretty awful customer service. Pretty rude throughout the process. Broke the knob we asked for him to just unlock ended up getting that replaced which cost more. Had an attitude and was extremely sassy. read more

The worst customer service i have come across. This guy could caree less. Use a different lock co. THIS ONE IS THE WORST

Bad/ awful/ customer service!! I am writing this review as I cry with frustration at the way my family was treated. My sister thought she had gotten her key stolen along with her purse. She called aaa and they set up for someone to contact her. The Lock Shop called her and ask for vin # so they could look up key at shop. All this sounded official to us and she gave them the number. They came out to our home. I need to state we made sure that we stated this was not an emergency!!! When they got to our home we found the key. It was in the car and not stolen after all. That was a relief but than immediately she had to deal with the man telling her that her charge was $100 for a key that all they had to do was look up a vin and cut. No chip or anything. Ok $100 for a key and service call I understand. But Aaa had told me I was a premium member and they covered $150 of the charges. I explained that to the man and he told me yes the actual cost for the process is $300. Aaa paid $150 and he was giving me a discount at $100. He was rude and smug and that didn't help the situation either. So we paid. Today I called the lock shop and ask a quote for the same circumstance as yesterday I was quoted $40-$100. I hung up and debated on what to do. I read so many good reviews I called the number and ask to speak to management I spoke to Leon again. I told him the situation and that I wanted to give them a chance to explain before I blasted a negative review. He aggressively only cared what we were charged and what aaa told us. I ended up very upset because the point was why do they have different prices for same service. I asked him so you made $150 off aaa and $100 off my sister when I could of just called you and it would be $40. I feel this is discrimination and mistreatment of the elderly and fraud!!! I am contacting aaa also because they need to know by me using them it tripled my price. DONT USE THESE PEOPLE! I guess unless your sure you are going to get the $40 bill not the $300!! Shame on you!!! read more

Fast, friendly, and all of the keys worked.. will go back anytime I need keys or locks changed for sure!!

I've used The Lock Shop 3 times now on my rental property as well as my home, and won't use anyone else. Leon the owner has done my work and he's quick and efficient. Prices are reasonable as well and they were able to come out quickly which I appreciated. I don't think they have any admin staff, so if you call and no one calls you back quickly, don't worry about calling again, it'll be worth it. read more