£12 for a single key cut?

[BewareTheBeardedDragon]

Is £12 the normal price for getting a single key cut nowadays? Haven't needed one for years and this is the price at Timpsons. It seems very expensive to me, am I just out of touch?

Yes I was shocked when I went last year and paid £22 for two keys. It took less than 5 mins.

£7 here .
I thought that was a lot!

Ditto, I was shocked when I went to Timpsons. 5 mins and a tiny bit of metal, grghh

I think home bargains have a key cutting service - 3 keys for £10.

I used Timpsons last week - I paid £12 for two

I went to There recently … I think it was £7 for 1, £12 for 2 or £18 for 2 but the more fancy ones with pics on.

I paid 2 for £10 earlier this week (independent cobbler).

I had a load of keys cut this week, £2.50 for a cylinder key and £3 for a mortise from my local independent hardware shop. I was going to go to the Timpsons in Tesco, I had no idea it would be £12 a key though, I'm glad I didn't now

£4.75 at the local cobblers last week - now feeling like I had a bargain tbh

Mine are £30 each from Timpsons, we didn't bother buying them. Apparently all the new locks have expensive keys now!

It's not even a fancy key - just a big standard Yale one. I will try an independent and see if it's cheaper. I guess you pay for the convenience of doing it at the end of your shop.

Sorry - bog standard. It's just normal sized!

Yes I have been recently shocked at the price of keys - I always thought Timpsons was reasonable. I will look for an independent (probably in the market) next time!

We moved into a new house with only one set of keys. There are three locks on the porch and front door.

Needed sets for dh and ds and an emergency set for in laws.

I couldn’t afford to get them all done in the same month.

Timpsons prices are extortionate. I always get my keys cut at a small independent cobblers.

It depends on the key but that is high for a Yale key. I get mine done on the local market for a couple of quid.

Timpsons charged me £25 to put a new battery in my watch the other week. I won't be using them again ever

I went to my local independent cobbler who charge £8.50 each. I needed two so £17 which is only £1 cheaper than Timpsons who give you a second for half price. I have a new super dooper security lock and the keys say patent something or other on them so maybe they're expensive blanks from Yale. Bloody expensive and I'll need more at some point at 2 kids going up to secondary next year. Sigh.