Popeye's Locksmith

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Popeye is apparently doing just fine without you or me, thanks very much, and is not shy about letting you know it.
In late May of 2013, I paid Popeye to replace a faulty upper deadbolt mechanism on the door to my apartment. He did the work himself. I was leaving within days for a year's employment abroad; he showed me how and quot;welland quot; the new lock was working, which I was dubious about, and then left. It soon became apparent that the lock, though functioning, did not work well at all. It sticks, and requires all kinds of and quot;monkeying around withand quot; to get it to lock properly (as opposed to the previous lock, which, though it did eventually fail, always worked seamlessly until it broke).
Due to my impending departure, I had no time in my schedule to have Popeye come and make it right. Fast forward to a year later, and I visit Popeye. I should add that, owing to a guest in my apartment breaking the deadlock below the one Popeye did, and having it replaced by some anonymous locksmith who did equally shoddy work, to the point of it not working at all, I approached Popeye having in mind an offer of bonus work, which I of course expected to pay for, in hopes that he would correct his faulty work gratis.
and quot;Ohhh, sorry, no, I don't do that. I get too many people comin' in here, sayin' the work is bad long after it was done...and quot; blah. Blah. Blah. I was being straight up with this guy, and I suspect, and it will have to remain a suspicion of course, that he knew it. Just couldn't be bothered.
Do yourself a favor; NYC has about as many locksmiths as it does roaches - find one that is better than this guy.

I had no problems with him. He got permission from the landlord before he installed the gate.

I have been in this building for over 25 years. I have needed them to change my locks at least five times. My niece moved in downstairs and he changed the locks on her doors. He shows up when he says he will. When he says that he will be at your house at ten, he will be there. He also put gates on my windows, and my niece's windows. My niece has an AC unit in her window, and he gave her an AC gate for her window. He makes sure that everything is done in a safe manner. He checks with the building manager to make sure there are no issues. He is a very reliable and honest guy.