Hi all! I am panicking hugely, please help me with sharing your thoughts.
I am currently living alone, and have locked myself out today. Was in a rush so I called the first emergency locksmith I could find on google. They claimed that the prices would be 45-50 and came very fast.
HOWEVER when he arrived, he drilled into the flat and when he changed the Rim Cylinder (which is £20 on everywhere) he claimed that it is £300 and the total would be 540 with the work done. He did not change anything else (like the lock mechanism) like he claimed and tried to push me to pay. However I told him to take whatever he put on there and leave - and still paid the amount for the work they did minus the 300 he said (I paid £130) so that he would leave because he did not. It was a huge argument and got quite heated (proud of myself for not crying).
however I realised that the guy left the keys of the new lock he changed… I am genuinely scared, I searched their company name on the receipt up and apparently they were scammers (can share the name if anyone wants to know). I am scared that they will come back/try to hurt me for the fuss I did using the keys as a reason, and since they also saw that I live in a studio as a woman by myself that makes me want to cry and throw up. Please advise me anything… thanks a lot