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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the Boston Area? Now You'll Know.

Locksmiths

	Do you lack good locks? If so, this article should help. We give some advice on choosing effective locks and also ratings of area locksmiths. From Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine
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	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"	Firm's price index score
	Name	Number of ratings	for quality	for price		Firm's price index score
1.	A-1 Lock & Key 12 Mechanic St Foxboro, MA 508-543-9687	14 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	Ace Locksmith & Security 1159 Washington St South Norwood, MA 781-762-4874	24 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	Action Lock & Key 17 Cambridge St Burlington, MA 781-229-9992	14 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	Advanced Lock & Key 963 Main St Brockton, MA 508-586-6686		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	Alden Lock & Security 1053 Belmont St Watertown, MA 617-484-2239	28 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Anastas Lock & Safe 76 Railroad St Holliston, MA 508-429-7856		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Artery Lock Service 332 Salem St Medford, MA 781-395-5243	24 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	ASAP Lock & Key PO Box 301307 Jamaica Plain, MA 617-983-2007	21 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	Baystate Locksmith Svc 8 Washington Pl #B2 Braintree, MA 781-843-5665		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	Bedford Lock & Key 44 North Rd #A Bedford, MA 781-275-1597	40 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	Bill's Lock & Key 233 North Ave Wakefield, MA 781-246-0544	29 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	Boston Lock & Safe 30 Lincoln St Brighton, MA 617-787-3400	12 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	Broadway Lock 313 W Broadway South Boston, MA 617-268-3134	48 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Brookline Lock 33 Harvard St Brookline Village, MA 617-566-1212	33 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	Budget Lock Cambridge, MA 617-876-1167		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
16.	Champion Locksmith Boston, MA 617-723-7000	11 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
17.	Charlie The Locksmith 1138 Bennington St Boston, MA 617-567-8070		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
18.	Chet's Lock Shop 146 Pine St Danvers, MA 978-774-5752	27 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
19.	City Lock 1977 Centre St West Roxbury, MA 617-327-2600	54 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
20.	Cobb's Lock & Key Service 7 S Washington St North Attleboro, MA 508-699-7787	25 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
21.	D & D Lock Hardware 474 Main St #6 Wilmington, MA 978-658-2597	29 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
22.	Earl's Lock Shop 42 Washington St Gloucester, MA 978-283-5935	13 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
23.	Flying Locksmiths 1115 N Main St Randolph, MA 617-479-3669	18 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
24.	Granite Lock 755 Southern Artery Quincy, MA 617-472-2177	44 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
25.	H Perron & Son 836 Waverly St Framingham, MA 508-875-3744	32 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
26.	Hanover Lock & Safe 990 Washington St Hanover, MA 781-826-8872	23 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
27.	Harvey's Hardware 1004 Great Plain Ave Needham, MA 781-444-4515	14 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
28.	Hayden Safe & Lock 119 Webb St Salem, MA 978-744-0988	25 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
29.	Herb's Locksmith Service 137 Massachusetts Ave #A Arlington, MA 781-643-4200	27 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
30.	Hub Lock & Door Closer 281 Dorchester St South Boston, MA 617-542-5314	13 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
31.	Hubbard's 249 Maple St Lynn, MA 781-592-5736	12 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
32.	Kenny's Lock 1147 Hancock St #A Quincy, MA 617-770-4045	21 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
33.	Key Man 1808 Acushnet Ave New Bedford, MA 508-995-6909	18 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
34.	L & M Lock Service 200 Linden St Wellesley, MA 781-237-7735	36 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
35.	Lituri & Sons 100 Chestnut St Waltham, MA 781-893-2117		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
36.	Locksmith 173 Concord St Framingham, MA 508-875-1440		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
37.	Lowell Lock & Key 1599 Middlesex St Lowell, MA 978-459-7020	12 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
38.	Marlborough Locksmith 57 Florence St Marlborough, MA 508-481-2644		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
39.	Massachusetts Avenue Lock 125 St Botolph St Boston, MA 617-247-9779	23 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
40.	Mike's Quality Locksmith Service 406 Eastern Ave Lynn, MA 781-599-2688	15 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
41.	P & M Locksmiths Service 463 Main St Woburn, MA 781-935-6850	33 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
42.	Pasek 9 W 3rd St South Boston, MA 617-269-7110		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
43.	People's Lock Shop Brookline, MA 617-566-0880	18 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
44.	Post Office Locksmith Shop 130 Gorham St Lowell, MA 978-453-2241	17 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
45.	Quincy Lock 667 Hancock St Wollaston, MA 617-472-7799	10 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
46.	Seacoast Lock & Safe 19 Macy St Rte 110 Amesbury, MA 978-462-3818	11 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
47.	Sherman Lock & Safe 673 Moody St Waltham, MA 781-893-6651	68 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
48.	Smith's Lock & Safe 921 Eastern Ave Fall River, MA 508-675-4888	12 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
49.	Whitmarsh Lock & Safe 2 Blueberry Ln Gloucester, MA 978-283-7057		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 39 local locksmiths. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

Boston locksmiths by neighborhood

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Locksmiths in Boston, MA	Locksmiths in Braintree, MA	Locksmiths in Brighton, MA
Locksmiths in Brockton, MA	Locksmiths in Brookline, MA	Locksmiths in Brookline Village, MA
Locksmiths in Burlington, MA	Locksmiths in Cambridge, MA	Locksmiths in Danvers, MA
Locksmiths in Fall River, MA	Locksmiths in Foxboro, MA	Locksmiths in Framingham, MA
Locksmiths in Gloucester, MA	Locksmiths in Hanover, MA	Locksmiths in Holliston, MA
Locksmiths in Jamaica Plain, MA	Locksmiths in Lowell, MA	Locksmiths in Lynn, MA
Locksmiths in Marlborough, MA	Locksmiths in Medford, MA	Locksmiths in Needham, MA
Locksmiths in New Bedford, MA	Locksmiths in North Attleboro, MA	Locksmiths in Quincy, MA
Locksmiths in Randolph, MA	Locksmiths in Salem, MA	Locksmiths in South Boston, MA
Locksmiths in South Norwood, MA	Locksmiths in Wakefield, MA	Locksmiths in Waltham, MA
Locksmiths in Watertown, MA	Locksmiths in Wellesley, MA	Locksmiths in West Roxbury, MA
Locksmiths in Wilmington, MA	Locksmiths in Woburn, MA	Locksmiths in Wollaston, MA

Subscriber Comments/Reviews

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

Subscriber from ARLINGTON, MA wrote about HERB'S LOCKSMITH SERVICE, Arlington, MA on 11/14/09: Only used them for making key copies........

Subscriber from BELMONT, MA wrote about ALDEN LOCK & SECURITY, Watertown, MA on 09/08/09: Broke off key in lock. Tech was very prompt, professional, advised me to pick up..........

Subscriber from MEDFORD, MA wrote about ARTERY LOCK SERVICE, Medford, MA on 08/11/09: Artery was able to replace keys that were originally made 45 years ago. The price..........

Subscriber from CONCORD, MA wrote about L & M LOCK SERVICE, Wellesley, MA on 05/29/09: These people are extremely expensive! They charge for travel time, then charged $450 for installing..........

Subscriber from WALTHAM, MA wrote about ASAP LOCK & KEY, Jamaica Plain, MA on 09/14/08: Unbelievable fast, high quality, and reasonable on price. This company is a real gem!.......

Subscriber from SALEM, MA wrote about MIKE'S QUALITY LOCKSMITH SERVICE, Lynn, MA on 10/19/07: i couldn't have been more pleased with Mike's prompt and curtious last minute service........

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