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MLA Approved Company Locksmiths are regularly called in to repair poor locksmith work.
The shocking work on this page is usually Rogue Traders acting as ‘Locksmiths’, so we have decided to showcase some of these horror stories below.
The reason these so called locksmiths can get away with ‘work’ like this is because there is no governing body for locksmiths in the UK.
This means anyone can call themselves a locksmith.
NOTE: images shown in the gallery are NOT work done by MLA Locksmiths!
These scam locksmiths show why its imperative to always use an MLA Approved Locksmith
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Should you have a complaint against an MLA approved company we would fully investigate the matter, something a lot of rogue traders do get away with.
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