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Ha. In my case it was 700€, took 3 people and 3 hours, a crossbar broke in half and afterwards the security door needed to be replaced anyway (because at the end they cut it open with an angle grinder). All that at 1 o'clock in the morning. Nobody of the neighbors cared or called the police.

0/10, wouldn't recommend the experience to anyone else. I could have done the same for free.

Fun fact: The companies boss paused his anniversary dinner for this job (after two of his employees couldn't do it). He and his wife showed up super nicely dressed (Highheels and everything). He promised he would make it up to her another time. I found it amusing.



Sounds like you got a really good deal! 3 persons in the middle of the night on short notice doing a specialized task for you, with successful results. And you got a good story out of it too!

Too bad about their dinner and your neighbors not caring.


I think after it became clear how much work that was going to be I would've considered forcing open a window instead.


> I could have done the same for free.

But all your tools were behind that door?


Depending on how much the tools cost, OP might have been able to buy new tools and then do. Then even resell the tools to make some of the money back.


Sounds like he was paying for the "1 o'clock in the morning" part, rather than the "opening the door" part.


Well, it was 10pm when they started. I was planning to pay a locksmith not for someone to break into my apartment.

But I have to admit that everything was paid for by insurance. So at the end it wasn't much trouble and now it's just a good story.


>I found it amusing. You wanted the door opened or not?




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