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The better of 2 evils, doesn't make it a good choice. Just better than the other one.
It's not like if you choose to cut your arm off, instead of your leg off, that it won't hurt. They're both going to hurt.
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Nearly any place that cuts keys via minimum wage employees using a machine, will usually duplicate a do-not-duplicate-key without blinking an eye. If you somehow have a rash of responsible & well-informed key-cutters? Just write down the cut depths, key type, etc. And any real locksmith can cut it for you by the numbers on the appropriate blank without ever seeing the key. (I take every new car key to my fav locksmith and have him write the code down backwards inside my owners manual I keep in my glove box, and dupe that at home. That way if I lose my car keys? It saves me about $200 in them taking the lock out, figuring out the depths the hard way. They just break into my car, which is a snap with the right tools, pull out the manual, and voila. New key 60 seconds later from reading the cut depths. Your dealer also has a copy of the cut codes for your car if you bought from a dealer; show ID and they'll cut a new key for you on the spot.) If you don't know how to measure the depths on a do not copy key, so you can't take it to a reputable locksmith to tell you? Just trace the sucker.
Metal Security keys are -almost always- an absolute joke. It's like locking a front door with a $500 pick resistant / bump proof lock... When you have glass windows, @ ground level. Or a flip lock (canunlock with thumb nail) on the back door. :rolleyes: SMH. Pointless.
Almost always, because if you're in a building with metal doors, inset against thick reinforced concrete, several stories up? Then the $500 lock is worth it.
But printing do-not-duplicate on a key? Pfft. Truly pointless. Except to tell you they usually don't spend the money to rekey the locks between tenants, and to get it rekeyed, yourself. Because god only knows how many duplicates are floating about.
It's not like if you choose to cut your arm off, instead of your leg off, that it won't hurt. They're both going to hurt.
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Nearly any place that cuts keys via minimum wage employees using a machine, will usually duplicate a do-not-duplicate-key without blinking an eye. If you somehow have a rash of responsible & well-informed key-cutters? Just write down the cut depths, key type, etc. And any real locksmith can cut it for you by the numbers on the appropriate blank without ever seeing the key. (I take every new car key to my fav locksmith and have him write the code down backwards inside my owners manual I keep in my glove box, and dupe that at home. That way if I lose my car keys? It saves me about $200 in them taking the lock out, figuring out the depths the hard way. They just break into my car, which is a snap with the right tools, pull out the manual, and voila. New key 60 seconds later from reading the cut depths. Your dealer also has a copy of the cut codes for your car if you bought from a dealer; show ID and they'll cut a new key for you on the spot.) If you don't know how to measure the depths on a do not copy key, so you can't take it to a reputable locksmith to tell you? Just trace the sucker.
Metal Security keys are -almost always- an absolute joke. It's like locking a front door with a $500 pick resistant / bump proof lock... When you have glass windows, @ ground level. Or a flip lock (canunlock with thumb nail) on the back door. :rolleyes: SMH. Pointless.
Almost always, because if you're in a building with metal doors, inset against thick reinforced concrete, several stories up? Then the $500 lock is worth it.
But printing do-not-duplicate on a key? Pfft. Truly pointless. Except to tell you they usually don't spend the money to rekey the locks between tenants, and to get it rekeyed, yourself. Because god only knows how many duplicates are floating about.
