Grocery Store Key Duplication #KeyMe #Kwikset #KW1

For fun I did a web search for locksmiths in my area and most of the results were at grocery stores. So I decided to visit one as you can see below. 

While this was not a proper locksmith (eg for servicing and rekeying locks) it does advertise to be able to duplicate keys.

Many know that Kwikset (KW1) and Schlage (SC1) are the most common residential blanks for North America.

So I thought I would give it a try.  Here you can see me provide a KW1 key to duplicate.  (And no, this does not open my house.)

Imagine my surprise that the machine then tries to upsell the transaction indicating how rare the key is.  "This is a Less Common Key."  And it indicated "most locksmiths" would not carry it.   And yet the machine is perfectly happy to ask for additional money to continue duplication.

For those less familiar every locksmith that provides residential duplication will have KW1 & SC1 blanks. This machine appears simply appears to doing a pure upsell.

If you are a locksmith, please tell me, wouldn't you stock KW1 blanks?

Let me know,

- Aaron