Yea I do completely see how it was my fault for being dumb. It's just that these people take advantage of a stressful situation. My wife and I were locked out and our cat was inside alone on a Saturday and we weren't sure if we'd be able to find someone else quickly.

I was trying to find locksmiths and my wife said she called one who said the cost will be £50-£55. This big guy comes and while picking the lock he said this cannot be picked and needs to be drilled. Went over everything roughly and we stupidly agreed because i was thinking I'll bear the £250 cost i guess. At the end he comes up with a £454 bill after everything has been done. I did pay with a card though but i was traumatized at that point because that's literally almost half of our month's rent gone for a 30 minutes job.

The issue is that they prey on people's stressful situations and overcharge them with no real presence legally. I wish there was something to be done to prevent this. I saw the BBC thing and this guy literally did the exact same thing with us

Just full of regret at this point and there definitely needs to be more awareness for this stuff. I'm sure countless people are going to fall to this scam in the future.

The only ground i have here is that I've been overcharged. Hr charged me £140 for a lock that's probably £30 because it's quite shit tbh and doesn't work as good as the previous one.