The Three Tumblers

Where do the people we get our parts from, get our parts from? Is there anywhere we can go when our regular places don't have the stuff we need? What's the "inside baseball" going on between our distributors and the folks who make the actual product? Join us as we ask these questions, and more, to PJ Slauson of @clksupplies Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

Access control is all around us, every day, all day. How do you learn about different products and choose to use them? What licensing do you have to have and what can you get away with? Residential and stand-alone keypads aren't access control, are they? And what technical skills do you need to have to pull off any access control job?Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

Okay, so you've sized up the job, given your customer a price and, son of a bitch, they approved it! Well, now you have to follow through and get the stuff that will your idea work and put money in your wallet.Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

Let's make a deal! You pay me one-thousand dollars and I will make your doors unlock at the touch of a button! If you quote like this, you're gonna lose money and reputation. Should you make some money just for showing up? How does your "size up" of the property affect the final quote? And do you just quote really high if it is sight unseen?Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

One of the biggest favors you can do yourself as a locksmith is to look at a job before you even name a price. Knowing what you're getting into beforehand keeps you from selling yourself short. Unless of course you're already short like Tim!Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

Does everybody know what time it is?!? That's right, it's (locksmith) tool time!Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

How do locksmiths figure into the information technology world? Do we just put a storeroom lever on a server room door? Is considering physical security of digital information something you even think about? Do locksmiths really need custom software, or software at all? Some may think that this is the wave of the future!Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

We've all learned throughout life that that are things you don't want to touch. Hot stoves, mean animals, and turds, just to name a few. In our trade, those things still apply along with a lot more. On this episode of the podcast by locksmiths for locksmiths, we'll get downa nd dirty on the downright dirty. Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

Is you policy on pricing to 'just charge more'? Or are you subject to someone else's price schedule? Who do you turn to when you don't know what to charge? Today on the podcast by locksmiths, for locksmiths, we're going to blow apart one of the most controversial and secretive aspects of the trade: pricing! Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

How do you approach a job that requires installation of new hardware? Do you measure, diagram, and write a plan? Or do you just wing it? What resources do you have if you've never done something before? Even if you have prepared yourself on paper, how do you cope when the job goes all "Monday" on you? And when a customer walks in your shop and wants to "buy a handle", do you just them a "handle"?Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

When a customer walks into your shop with a "Do Not Duplicate" key, do you automatically copy it? What about when they bring in a safe? When you're on a job do you always follow the manufacturer's rules OR do you just make it work? And are your quotes and pricing always accurate, or do you just make it up as you go? Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

Do your customers want you to do things you know should not be done? Do some locksmiths really know how to act with customers? How do you handle the 4:15 on a Friday customers?Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

Today's theme is high security locks. We will discuss locksmith experiences with high security cylinders, consider all details of high security installations, and foreign high security cylinders in the United States. Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

On this episode, we will discuss locksport and it's effects on the lock industry, how locksport inspires locksmith recruit, and how locksporters turned locksmiths feel about it all.Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.

Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.