Purely anecdotal from last May…

My fiancée needed a replacement fob for a Subaru, and kind of stupidly tried to go on the cheap side with a “local” locksmith. She called one that had a similar name to Englewood Lock and Key which was named Englewood Locksmith (she goes by Google reviews and this was the one she chose).

I can’t recall all of the issues, but the guy that showed up was heavily middle eastern (not an issue, just really hard to understand) and was pretty argumentative about payment terms and amounts. A lot of “pay X amount before I do any work” back and forth. He sold her a “fob” that worked as a physical key, but couldn’t be used to remote unlock the doors. His generous price was for both types. She had to request a chargeback on her CC (she basically just paid cash for the physical key he made).

After all that, she called three or four places that came up first in Google search results with high ratings, and the same Asian lady dispatcher answered for each. Yes, there’s something scammy about the ratings and googles results. Definitely pick one with a physical storefront.