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Actually, I've had great luck with Santa Barbara Locksmiths!! I own a small retail store downtown (Santa Barbara Scrapbooks on Chapala Street) and I had a "bad guy" come into my store on a Sunday, just before closing, and slip into my back office to search for anything valuable. I lost about $400 in cash. I called Santa Barbara Locksmiths the next morning and the owner "Merrill" came over within two hours. He looked over my situation, was very kind to me since I was still upset, gave me numerous options to choose from, and after I decided I wanted a keypad entry lock installed on my office door, he sent an employee out to complete the job on the very next day. The lock was professionally installed and the employee even cleaned up every speck of the wood shavings he had dropped on the floor! The job was very reasonably priced, too. I've returned to their location many times now for copies of keys, I've always been treated wonderfully, which can sometimes not be the case in "manly" places like lockshops. Many Santa Barbara businesses support Fiesta by giving their employees time off to participate in the parades, or watch them with their kids, or to attend Fiesta related functions, especially on parade day. This doesn't make them a bad business, and they definitely deserve a second chance. Even though you may have been frustrated with them when you wrote your first review, check them out again... they really are a good Santa Barbara business! more

I've heard that Santa Barbara Locksmiths was a good, local business to get keys cut. I recently moved into a room in a beautiful Victorian house in downtown Santa Barbara. The door knob for my bedroom was quite an old one. My roommate's room key worked on mine so I had to make a copy of his. However, since it was an old door knob it required a special key. The key looked like it could open Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory (the old one, not the new one with Johnny Depp). My roommate suggested that I go to Santa Barbara Locksmiths to get the copy because that's where got his. I had to get it on a Friday because I had to leave town for the weekend and my roommate wanted his key back. Since they close at 5, I asked my boss if I could extend my lunch break to do it. I went there at around 1 pm and I see this sign, "We are closed early for Fiesta". I was pissed!!! They didn't have the sign up the day before!!! Screw them!!! more