The Key Man

Meet the key owner of the key man today and he said he’s going out of business because of the other key company’s which are mostly fraud and charge a lot for their services. He was able to make a new copy of my brothers Ford F-​150 which was a 96. He even came back to his shop after hours and followed us back to the apartments which where he was able to make any adjustments. Great service and price compared to others which wanted 250 for a mobile service. Let’s help him advertise and hope that he will still stay in business he’s been serving Dan Jose for 40 years.

The key man gave me a great estimate and did it in a timely manner I will refer all my customers and friends to him great service great prices Bodyshop owner the ultimate Finish Tony

Dave the key man (this guy is different from «Dave the key man») has been fixing my landlady’s locks for over a decade and he’s great. He is extremely knowledgeable about keys, locks and doors. His prices are also reasonable. It’s always fun to see people who are passionate about what they do. And this guy is a crackup, with his magnifying head gear! You can trust this guy with your locksmith needs. He has been in business for over 40 years.

Years ago I found this guy online or something, I needed the locks changed out in an office building. He came right over and was able to get everything done that day for a great price. Since then I’ve called on him several times… I had file cabinet locks changed out, door locks, we had an eviction ones, and just recently we had a key made for an old car. This guy does it all, I probably won’t use any one else.

This Guy does not even deserve 1 star! He insulted me as soon as got into the store, so I left. It’s not that hard to be a minimum polite, I am not picky but a simple hello what can I do for you is so simple to do!

The Key Man gets the job done right and fast. It was late at night. I locked myself out, and he was very responsive.

Rude, Prejudice, Insensitive, Egotistical, Bigoted, Racist, Hostile, Insulting. It was my annual trip home for the holidays. One of our doors was acting funky. David fixed it. But with all the trouble that came with his visit, it was not worth it.
First red flag happened when he began telling us a story about ‘idiots’ who had themselves locked out of their front door, and made a point to mention they were people of color, and what street they live on.
I like jokes. I appreciate a good tease. David kept confusing a ‘tease’ with racist and sexist insults. He kept badmouthing other locksmiths at least 3 times each in the 2hr duration. Then went on about Unilocal (he wants to sue for bad reviews) and eBay (taking away his business?!). He ended up just preaching hate on technology in general, and seemed to think it’s the work of the devil.
If you wrote a bad review here, I heard it from David before I even read it. He called all of you ‘whiny idiots’ or ‘whiny babies’ with his best baby voice. David, welcome to 2014. When you’re a shitty person, people will tell other people to avoid you. To people on here who said that he is super knowledgeable, I didn’t have the same experience– every 4 seconds he mumbled ‘okay, what do I do here… stick this thing that seems to fit here back in here… nope… maybe here…‘
He said the man who tried to fix our lock before him must be ‘back doing the only thing he knows how to do, mowing people’s lawns’. He attempted to talk like my immigrant mother, and laughed at her right in front of us. Each time I called him out, he looked at me with that ‘you think I’m going to listen to you, girl, let alone apologize?’ face. I believe David does not know what an apology is. You know who insists they’re not racists and get defensive when someone calls them out? Racists.
This dude works in an area with the 3^rd largest Asian population in the US, the 1^st largest being 30min away. When he got done being racist about others, he began systematically laying down insult after insult on my family’s intelligence, how we have too many keys, our tidiness (all the ‘kids’ arrived hours before, suitcases everywhere) and began insulting a family member’s ‘poor’ choice of career– said she wasted her time studying and will never make money as a doctor. I wonder when in his Masters/​Phd education in locksmith did he learn how long it takes for people to become doctors, what they go through, how much they earn?
I confronted him gently. I reminded him that he was in MY home, and that he is in the service industry, that he needed to attempt to be respectful. He started immediately to belittle me, telling me I’m a little girl (I’m really not) who knows nothing, who believes in the internet, and that he knows best. He went on schooling me on how the internet is fake, which is why he reads real newspapers (Guys, did you know that the New York Times online is a lie and the paper version is real?). He said I don’t use my eyes. So I went ahead and used my eyes, just as I do every second that I am awake, looked straight into his eyes and took a photo of him and made sure an audio recording was going. As it turns out, I didn’t need a photo, as his glamour shot is right on his website’s front page.
I assured him that at that very moment I was using my eyes AND ears to assess the situation in front of me, and that technology was helping me create proof. His rebuttal was to ask me what I knew about locks. I told him truthfully ‘Absolutely nothing. That’s why you’re here to do your job. I’m not talking about locks, I’m talking about manners, and not being racist and insulting people in their own homes when you’re on the job getting paid’. He smirked and laughed.
At some point he went out to his car. When he came back in, he said a man walking his pet was spying on him and taking photos of his license plate. Oh, Dave, I’m certain he was just taking a photo of how hoarded with shit your car is. It’s funny how messy your car is, and yet you went ahead and called us messy for having suitcases on the floor, and a few pieces of mail on the coffee table.
By the way, now we have 4 extra keys to deal with. So much for ‘having too many keys for our doors’, right? Thanks, Dave. Enjoy the $ 300 you overcharged us.
I’m still weaving through this audio I took days later– so many gems. He actually called our inanimate lock ‘you little communist’; that was the only one that was a funny tease even though he was actually angry.
David, if you made it here, I’m sure you’re already calling Unilocal,to sue them and probably me. I look forward to being one of the stories you put in your catalog of ‘idiots’. But here’s the thing: If I came into your home for a job and spent 2 straight hours telling you how dumb and stupid you are, how ridiculously idiotic of you to actually chose to become a locksmith, made you hold and handle your tools as if you were a paid assistant, and how all white people make this country stupid, how would you react?

He came to my house and helped me fix my Baldwin lock, didn’t know someone had previously worked on the lock and he replaced it to perfection!

I had to call the Key Man out of desperation because one of those «No Name» $ 19 locksmith I had called earlier not only destroyed my lock but took the lock cylinder with him because he drilled out the lock instead of picking it open.
David, The Key Man not only had to find the correct and appropriate cylinder to replace the missing cylinder but rekeyed two (2) other doors to make the keys match. He did an excellent and most professional job overall and his total was less than half of what the «Scam Artist» wanted to rekey one lock. My experience with the «No Name $ 19 Locksmith was a disaster but thanks to David, The Key Man as he saved the day. The lock is an industrial type lock as it an interior Condo door that the No Name $ 19 Locksmith couldn’t open and so he drilled it out. David, The Key Man picked two (2) other doors without having to drill them out.
I recommend «The Kay Man» to anyone looking for a reliable and professional Locksmith and I am available to be contacted as a reference for «The Kay Man» to anyone looking for a great professional locksmith.

This guy is a JOKE!!! My insurance company Geico, set me up with this guy (just by chance, not their fault! Geico is awesome!!) So I talked to Dave on the phone at 10am, he said he would meet me in 30 minutes at a location which I had to walk to because he couldn’t figure out where I was. An hour later he finally showed up. He took my broken key from me to go make copies, he said he would be back in 30 minutes. It took him two hours!!! And when he finally showed back up he had to follow me in his car while I walked back to the location where my vehicle was because his car was so trashed I couldn’t even get into the front seat. Finally we got to my truck with the keys he had made off of my master key. None of them worked and he spend 3 more hours trying to program them. Finally he realized that he screwed up and had to go back to his shop to make more keys. He said it would take 20 minutes maximum. It took another two hours for him to show back up!!! And when he finally showed back up he was still struggling to get the keys programmed. The whole process took 8 hours!!! When the previous locksmith I dealt with only took 45 minutes! This guy didn’t know what he was doing. And to top it all off, the whole time he was talking about young women being very inappropriate with his comments. It made me extremely uncomfortable. It didn’t seem like he knew what he was doing at all VERY unproffesional!!! Do NOT call this guy! Ever! Please! You will regret it!

when I got there a man (jeff?) quoted me $ 30 for two keys (2^nd key $ 5) and asked me go back an hour or so. When I were back the owner (Dave?) was showing his temp in the 15 minutes I’m there. He seems to be blocked when try to duplicate a car key. Most words he used are emphasize how good he is, for example charged only $ 400 when he spent 5hours to fix a lock set. The house is full of key boxes so I believe he is experienced lock man. My work is not started yet. Then he asked $ 75 for 1^st and $ 18 for 2^nd key because my cylinder is so old. I quit and still heard his screaming behind.

I’ve called upon David’s help on 3 separate occasions now, and he has been reliable, prompt, and made good recommendations (that actually saved me time and money when I needed his help the 3^rd time). One time I called on Sunday evening at 7, and even though he was on another job, he still came quickly and provided great service.

Great Job! Got accidentally locked out, he was there quick and opened my front door quickly without damaging the knob. Very sarcastic man, but he is funny!
He was telling me he has been in business for 60 years!

David the Key Man is awesome.
After leaving the dentist (on my lunch break lol), I was in such a hurry to get back to work. I quickly pulled into the first gas station, and rushingly got out of my car, ignoring my cars warning signs that the keys were in the ignition, and closed the locked door. Paid for my gas and came back to my vehicle, realizing that it was all too late. I’d locked myself out, and my iPhone had less than 20% battery. GREAT! Everyone with an iPhone knows that this will only give me 2 – 3 good calls tops! I search google for local locksmiths, and call the nearest company. They agree to come help me in 4 hours, and the cost would be 300.00 bucks. I call another. They dont work on my type of vehicle. I call another, and they say my vehicle will take them too much time, so it would be $ 400.00. That’s helpful right?
My last call was to The Key Man. He showed up within 25 minutes. I drove off in another 20 minutes. Mind you, I drive a BMW X5, one of the most difficult cars to «break in to» due to its prewired security to prevent break ins. It was not easy.
David was able to unlock my car because he is very experienced (has been doing this work for over 20 years, personable (kept me laughing een though I wanted to cry), knowledgeable (when I told him the type of car I drove, he understood why the other companies had blown me off, but assured me that he’d understood how to get inside my vehicle), and extremely professional (showed up on time, with all his tools, and apologized for the drama I’d expernced with the others). His pricing wasnt ridiculous like the others as well. I didnt feel taken advantage off like I have in past dealings with my vehicle (some locksmiths, car sales men, mechanics, etc. like to get over on women if we arent careful)!
Im very glad I used his services!

The guy started screaming at me and insulting me for asking if he could cut my blank Lexus key I bought on eBay. He got so pissed and started yelling at me about how eBay takes away their profits by doing that, etc… I hung up. He was so rude! I can’t believe they are still in business.
Jerks!!! Rude, rude and rude!!!
DON’T GO HERE!!!

I found Stacey S’s review to be right on the money.
Years ago the key broke off on our front doorknob, and we have been using the deadbolt. Late Sunday afternoon, the deadbolt got to be unusable. David came from Cupertino to San Jose immediately, and meticulously worked with these jammed, otherwise severely-​damaged, and somewhat valuable locks, using a variety of special tools he’s collected over the years, and restored these locks to their original splendor. We were SURE we would have to get new locks! He made us five new quality Schlage keys in two «colors,» right on the spot.

I found David the Key Man to be professional, personable, and good at this job. He explained to me some of the deficiencies in my existing locks, and fixed them so that they work smoothly and sturdily.
I am happy he helped me and changed my locks. He did a good job, and although there was more work to do than expected, he didn’t charge me any extra.

As other reviewers have noted, David the Key Man is a one of a kind. In addition to fixing both my lock and my door knob, we discussed everything from neanderthals to the Battle of Hastings to eBay. He took care to match my lock correctly, and did quite a bit of driving around trying to find the right one, all for a reasonable price and an earful of interesting conversation. Thanks, David, for putting a new lock on my door and a smile on my face.

He is truly an expert when it comes to fixing the lock on my door. David, the key man is one unique character! In a good of course… he definitely knows his craft and is knowledgeable about it. He has a great sense of humor and taught me a thing or two about my lock. I got to say he is one of a kind and is one of the best locksmith out there! Also, I can understand how people can take his humor the wrong way but he just a friendly old man who happen to be very blunt! He was very kind to me and gave me a lock cover for my door for free and was kind enough not to charge me so much… overall, he might seem to be a little harsh at time but he loves his work so I can understand! I would definitely call David to fix my lock if I ever need it to be fix again but hopefully not! Btw, my lock is a Baldwin and those lock weren’t cheap so if you got yourself a good lock call a pro like David!

Truly an expert locksmith. He came by twice and ordered the right lock set for my door. He showed up the next day on time and installed the locks and re-​keyed all my doors so I have only one house key! He was reliable and honest and has has an established SJ business.
He explained my options and helped me make the best choice!!!