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LockpickWorld

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LockpickWorld Reviews Summary

Lockpickworld.com is a top-rated online store specializing in lock-picking tools and accessories for hobbyists and professionals. They offer a wide range of products, including lock picks, practice locks, electric lock pick guns, and locksmith tools.

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California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I originally had some difficulties understanding why my order hadn't shipped, so I sent an email asking that question. Within a day Gayle had messaged me back with all the details and different options I had available to me, offering to help me get the same deals that I did with my first order if I decided to switch, as well as upgrading my shipping to tracked so I had a better idea of what was going on. Both responsive and caring Gayle helped me through the entire process while being incredibly pleasant the entire time. 10/10 I will gladly be buying for them again and again.

Date of experience: July 9, 2020
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Hi Noah, I just wanted to respond to this lovely review. I can't tell you how chuffed I was to read it. It was honestly a pleasure to help you through the order process - sometimes things don't always run smoothly but we'll always put it right. I hope you are enjoying lock picking and we look forward to hearing from you again. I am truly touched by your kind and generous comments. Take care and all the best:-)

Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I don't know
July 6, 2020

I ordered a kit a week ago and I have yet to receive any emails. There is no tracking number to see what is going on. If I check my bank the payment has posted. Go figure. What's up?

Date of experience: July 5, 2020
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Hello Rob - This is the first time I've seen this - we didn't get notification from Sitejabber. Send me your order number and we'll look into it immediately and sort it out.

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My experience with LockPickWorld was one of my worst online shopping experiences, and quite an expensive one (I lost $110). I purchased several kits as a birthday gift for my son and (shocker!) USPS lost my package, so I email several times LockPickWorld explaining the situation, but nobody replies to my emails. Seeing that I can't contact customer service, I open a dispute with my credit card. Next day I get an email from LockPickWorld telling me that they'll ship a new package. By this time the birthday has already passed so I email them back explaining the situation and asking for a refund. Again, no reply from them. About a week later I'm getting the replacement kits, so I email customer service again, explaining that the package arrived too late and I want to return it. They send me an RMA, so I return the package and cancel the dispute with my credit card (BIG, BIG MISTAKE!). LockPickWorld receives my package, and then nothing. During the next couple of weeks, I email them several times asking for my refund status, and since I'm not getting any replies, I'm trying to reopen the dispute with my credit card but guess what: I can't re-open a withdrawn dispute! A few days later I get a nasty email from Chris Dangerfield, the LockPickWorld owner, telling me: "Had you not opened a chargeback against us I would have gladly refunded you." So, I emailed him back trying to explaining the situation, but he continued to ignore my emails.

It appears that Lock Pick World is the US storefront for UKBumpKeys, and as far as I can tell they don't' have a presence in the US. It looks like customer service is not existent and the way the owner treated a customer tells you everything about this company. If you want to deal with them, good luck!

And, oh, just to clarify - this whole situation happened before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date of experience: June 9, 2020
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

We have two warehouses in the USA.

Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Slow delivery
May 18, 2020

$75 order took two weeks to arrive in Texas. Tracking the shipment let me see that it had a nice vacation in Orlando for three days. Then DHL handed it off to USPS which added a day. The products were correct and in good order.

Date of experience: May 18, 2020
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Hello Richard - sorry about the delay. Not sure if this order was during the Covid period, but that has hit a lot of eCommerce companies hard, and we've suffered a lot with shipping. If you want to make another order in future, email me first and I'll arrange a discount by way of a compensation for the delay.

Colorado
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I have ordered multiple times from LockpickWorld and couldn't have been happier every time. The title of this review says it all! Their customer service is top notch, their products are awesome, and prices are some of the best around! Thank you Lockpickworld!

Date of experience: March 24, 2020
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Hello Chris. It's really nice to read your review. We have been trading online for nearly 20 years and we built our company based on a passion for lock picking and great customer service. Thank you for sharing this.

New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great shop. I love the options and the kind and personal customer service is really top notch. I only recently got into lock sport as a hobby and this is one of my favorite vendors. Highly recommend them.

Date of experience: December 24, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Thank you Tiffany - that's quite the mouthwatering set-up you have in that photograph.

Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I ordered 3 beginner lock pick sets and they shipped me 2 peel notebooks! These were supposed to be Christmas presents and ordered in plenty of time. How do you confuse lock picks with note books? I only ordered from them because they were recommended by Bosnian Bill. He needs to rethink them. UPDATE: They explained that they share a warehouse with other e commerce companies, causing the mispick. They quickly refunded my Money..

Date of experience: December 17, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Hello Gary. If you email me, I'll arrange a discount on any product(s) you want to compensate you for this. Mistakes happen, but we try to put it right where possible.

Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great product
December 13, 2019

Love the product. Great quality and the grips really help. Highly recommended. I was recommended this product by others. I am fully satisfied and love it.

Date of experience: December 11, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Thank you for sharing this great review. Remember you can email us any time for lock picking advice. The customer service continues!

Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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New beginnings. Great set
November 21, 2019

I scooped a beginner's set and they have been thru a lot and still work great! Totally satisfied & fast shipping

Date of experience: November 20, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Great stuff! A good beginners kit should see a lock picker well into their journey.

Israel
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very pleased
October 30, 2019

Bought the dimple pick set. Fast delivery and quality tools and price is right as well. I will buy again. Thank you very much

Date of experience: October 28, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

That Multipick G-Pro set is the king of all dimple sets. I'm sure you've been opening many dimple locks since purchase. Great stuff and thank you for the cracking review.

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Top quality seller
October 29, 2019

I've been buying lock picks online for a few years and LPW are now my go-to people. Great service, great prices and a real interest in lock picking. What more could you ask for?

Date of experience: October 27, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

How about this - you can ask us whatever lock picking questions you have - ever! Sound good? Thanks for your excellent review.

Oklahoma
1 review
1 helpful vote
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My son actually found the product he wanted on this website because his favorite lockpicker on YouTube, BosnianBill, orders from LockPickWorld! Ordering was easy, shipping was quick and prompt! And communications via email were always responded to within the same day or 24hrs. The staff answered all of my questions and were super helpful and nice. Would recommend this site to anyone for future orders and look forward to ordering again soon! Thank you so much for making this such an easy order!

Date of experience: October 25, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

This type of review really warms my heart. I picked my first lock as a child and love the idea of children learning this amazing skill - great for hand/eye coordination and keeping the brain active too. Thank you so much for your great review.

GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I've bought items from picks wrenches, clear locks, car entry tools, bump keys, tubular lock picks, cross lock entry tools, Impressioning equipment, jiggler setts, rake keys, skeleton keys, etc. never ever had any problems would recommend to my friends their knowledge is second to none never had to return a product I'm always asking for advice and they always give it they are the best lock picking site I've ever used 5 stars.

Date of experience: October 24, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Hello Paul - I know who you are, and yes - you certainly do ask question, lol - and keep them coming, it's always a pleasure to help.

Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Satisfied customer.
October 23, 2019

My positive experience has been the following with LockPickWorld. I emailed them with a couple of questions I had about shipping, to which they responded well within 24 hours. Personally, I think 48 to 72 hours is acceptable knowing that I am not a business's only customer. So, I am totally satisfied with the timeliness of their response and they answered my questions clearly.

Shortly after receiving answers to my question, I placed my order. I received immediate order confirmation via email, and shipping confirmation within 24 hours after that with tracking.

Ok, I tracked my order and had a delivery date estimate. I was pleasantly surprised that it arrived several days earlier than the tracking indicated.

I ordered the Dangerfield Polaris Rake set. They are very nice picks, with a better than anticipated case. Like anything that you are used to by touch or feel, something new takes a bit of time to get used to. Like my old framing hammer for instance, changing to a new one after 25 years took awhile to get accustomed to... not the fault of the hammer.

I like this pick set, and have been using them on a variety of locks I use to practice on. The more I use them, the more I get the "feel" for them. Also, the included pdf file on this set has raking/rocking tips that I had not considered before and found them very useful. This set they will be part of my edc/travel kit.

In a nut shell... LockPickWorld was quick to respond to my questions, quick to confirm my order, quick to ship my order with free shipping and tracking, product arrived sooner than anticipated, the product itself is well made, priced fairly, and lives up to what it is advertised as being able to do.

In my opinion, LockPickWorld could not do anything more to make me a satisfied customer and I would recommend them to my friends.

These work on some of my crummy locks. But they also work very well on a much more difficult Ultimate Adversary Challenge lock.
Date of experience: October 22, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Hello MD - I cannot thank you enough for such a comprehensive review of our services and products. Much appreciated.

India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I've been purchasing lock picks online since the early days of the internet, and can safely say no one compares to Lock Pick World. This company is run by lock pickers and because of that their customer service and technical support is second to none.

They recently even gave me a free tension wrench set after my order was delayed by one day. What more can you ask?

Date of experience: October 21, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Hello Thomas - I actually set up my company as I was so disappointed with the other online lock picking resources. So I really appreciate your review.

France
1 review
1 helpful vote
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My order
October 23, 2019

It's my 2nd order, and so far so good. I'm very happy with my toys.
My order arrived quickly and without any problem.
Thanks.

Date of experience: October 21, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Thank you Fabien, I wish you well with your lock picking journey.

Oregon
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I was a little worried from all the negative reviews but decided to give this site a chance. The site I normally use was sold out of Kronos multipicks. Couldn't have been happier with my experience. They were actually WAY faster shipping my item than the site I normally use. I'm used to having my item not even ship until like 7 days after my order. This site shipped within a day and I had the Kronos and case in my possession within 5 days. No complaints at all. Will definitely continue using this site as long as it goes this smooth every time!

Date of experience: September 7, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Hello Jonathan, thank you so much for leaving this great review. We deal with hundreds of orders every day with no problems at all, and the reviews on our website reflect this. It's a shame sitejabber seems to have collected some negative reviews, but we contacted all of them and as yet have had no responses. Anyway, glad you're happy with our service and best wishes with your lock picking.

Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Purchased Praxis 21 piece kit and top of Keyway Tension Wrench set after looking at reviews online and on YouTube. Both products are as advertised and could not be happier with the quality of the products. Have dealt with this company several times and have asked a few questions in the past. Their customer service has always fast and courteous in their responses. Free delivery with purchase over 35 dollars came within the 5 to 8 days stated on their site (in came on 5th day). This is one of my most favorite places on the internet to purchase locksmithing tools since I have taken up the craft as a hobby. See attached picture of products purchased.

Great set
Date of experience: August 23, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Hello James. Than you for leaving this great review, I could not be happier that your experiences with us have met your expectations. I set this company up on little else but a passion for lock picking and a desire to provide a level of service and customer support I found sadly lacking elsewhere. Since then we've grown dramatically, but we still hold to that original ethic that customers deserve the best possible products and service possible. Good luck with your continued lock picking journey and remember if you ever need any advice or have any comments, we're always here to help.

Colorado
1 review
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Horrible business
August 3, 2019

First off, I'm having a very hard time understanding this "5 star satisfaction" nonsense that is being thrown up onto there website. It seems there is no way to place my own review on the website like any one of the review's on the website. On top of that, they are claiming 5 star even tho they are given 1-4 star's all over the place on different sites and platforms. So, I decided to test and see how true these review's are and I took it to LockPickWorld myself and had one of my buddies in another state and myself to order a small kit. I made an order for a 21 piece kit and I was met with a 4-5 day wait watching and waiting on tracking "expedited" to even say "shipped" when well, nothing. So after harassing them for day's with email, finely the kit was shipped. Cool, alright. So I wait 3 more day's and it gets here! Awesome. After opening the kit finely, I'm missing a few picks. So with that being said, I had the same experience as most one star's. As far as my buddy goes, his order STILL has not been shipped. This has been an issue I been seeing on many site's like including Reddit since 2017 but some how it seems only 5 star's make it over to the website but not any other one's. That is not how ratings work. LockPickWorld has with out a doubt some cheaper prices but I would NOT recommend the website at all to any one. Pay that extra 10$ on the same kit some place else because at least you won't have the issue's and nonsense with them. You pay for what you get! Here is also a response from them about the review's they claim are not fake.

Website is broken so i cant upload img so here: https://imgur.com/a/A04MdMG

Date of experience: August 3, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Hello Dan - this doesn't sound good. You can leave a review on our site if you are a verified buyer, we are always happy to hear feedback. We do indeed have hundreds of five star reviews and a spattering of less stars. Since we deal with sometimes 50 orders a day, that's a lot of customers, and a lot of reviews. Occasionally things do go wrong, mistakes do happen, such as missing picks. We cannot check every set that is sent out. However, we have a dedicated team of customer service personnel who do what we can to make things right. I am sorry you had a bad experience, but if there's anything else we can do to make this right, let me know.

Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Bought a Dangerfield Praxis lockpick set. Good set but the case has a design flaw where there is a hole underneath the end of the zipper track so that when you think the case is closed, a pick can fall out. I wrote to Chris Dangerfield to tell him about the problem and said I was just going to order another type of case. He said it was a known problem and he'd replace the pick. He then checked and saw I hadn't ordered the case, asked me if I was going to. I ordered the case, received it, and no further communication. He didn't replace the pick and hasn't responded to numerous emails. He was my best friend when he thought I was still going to buy something. The pick isn't the issue. I can buy it for a few dollars from another dealer. That he doesn't stand by his products or live up to his promise to replace a pick when he said he would is problematic. The fact that all 775 reviews on the company website have 5 stars is just too good to believe. Especially since I wrote one that had 2 stars that doesn't seem to have posted yet. Bad business practices.

Date of experience: April 19, 2019
Lock P. — LockpickWorld Rep
over a year old

Not all of our reviews are 5 stars, but you are right, many of them are. If you look at the reviews they are from verified buyers, which we have no access to. Anyway, I still haven't heard from you to sort out your problem - email me and I'll put it right.

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Lock Pick World is North America's premier lock picking tool and advice website, with decades of experience supplying quality lock picking tools and advice. We are known for our exceptional customer service, innovation, and aftercare, your experience with us doesn't stop after you've made a purchase, we're here for your lock picking journey to answer questions and offer advice should you require it.


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