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Yo's-<br>
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Here's the moral/ethical issue, and here's another opportunity for
right-livelihood jobs.<br>
<br>
BTW, a neighbor of mine had a similar outcome: locked out of their
house, they called a reputable local locksmith; apparently the guy
who came out was a newbie or not-skilled or whatever, because after
trying unsuccessfully to pick the lock, he drilled it. (BTW I'm
quite sure it was a Qwickset lock, which means it should have been
very easy to pick.)<br>
<br>
<br>
1) Moral/ethical issue: <br>
<br>
Preying on people who have no choice. Someone's locked out of their
house or car, that's an emergency for them, they are probably in no
position to shop around or wait until the next day, they may be
freaked out about the situation (baby inside, or cat, as the case
may be), and they're charged typically $100 - $200 for either a)
less than a minute's work or b) having their lock drilled which
means it has to be replaced. (And if the lock is drilled, they have
_no lock_ until it can be replaced, also an expensive proposition.)<br>
<br>
In my system of morals/ethics, the situations where someone has an
emergency and has no other choices, are exactly the cases where one
is obligated to help them at the minimal sustainable cost. <br>
<br>
<br>
2) Opportunity for right-livelihood jobs:<br>
<br>
Sudo Lock Services Co-op. "Fifty bucks gets you in." Charge $50
for simple lock picking, no charge if we can't pick it. "Try us
first!"<br>
<br>
Pretty quickly the income gets sufficient to support keeping a stock
of common locks on hand, and drills: so if we can't pick it and have
to drill it, we can replace it on the spot with at least something
that's sufficient to provide security until we or someone else can
install the original type of lock or better. <br>
<br>
Over time we can add more services, for example complete assessment
of home security, small business security, and naturally, computer
security. At which point change the name to Sudo Security Services
Co-op. And charge higher rates for businesses and computer
security. The latter can go up into the three-figure hourly rates
depending on the project. <br>
<br>
Many of us are naturally nocturnal, so 24/7 service can be offered
easily. <br>
<br>
Many of us around here are also unemployed, under-employed, or
borderline homeless. Billing the client $50 translates to being
able to allocate $40 - $45 of that to the member who picks the lock,
and $5 - $10 toward the overhead costs of the co-op. Every
additional $40 - $45 of income really counts for a lot of folks
here. <br>
<br>
I've already got a job but I'd be willing to help organize this, do
basic business planning & spreadsheets, and so on. If/when
Eddan is authorized to practice law in California, he might be
interested in doing the legal work to set up the entity. <br>
<br>
And since SudoRoom has hella' publicity right now, that publicity
will go a long way toward starting a marketing buzz that could bring
in customers. <br>
<br>
Who's interested? <br>
<br>
-G.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13-03-02-Sat 12:39 PM, rusty
lindgren wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CADf_g6mAZpW4uct-iXvEucWoS7S20LZpZcnsGO32UrXdDf6oPA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<ol
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span
style="line-height:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;font-family:arial,'Lucida
Grande','Bitstream Vera Sans',verdana,sans-serif"><b>"These
mother fuckers should burn in hell. </b>Quit scamming
people. You'd make more money actually being nice honest and
helping more people that like your business instead of
charging a shit load for 1 customer and losing 27490291.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span
style="line-height:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;font-family:arial,'Lucida
Grande','Bitstream Vera Sans',verdana,sans-serif">"...</span><span
style="line-height:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;font-family:arial,'Lucida
Grande','Bitstream Vera Sans',verdana,sans-serif">The guy
shows up in literally 10 minutes, pops open the door in
about 30 seconds and then charges me $100 for the "labor"
because opening a door is a $100 charge. WTF... Such
bullshit.<br>
</span><b style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial,'Lucida
Grande','Bitstream Vera
Sans',verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px">Two
stars for him being super speedy though.</b><span
style="line-height:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;font-family:arial,'Lucida
Grande','Bitstream Vera Sans',verdana,sans-serif">"</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span
style="line-height:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;font-family:arial,'Lucida
Grande','Bitstream Vera Sans',verdana,sans-serif"><b>"Since
my cat was inside crying and needing to be fed</b>- I told
him I would pay $200 for him to unlock it or I was going to
call someone else. He ended up drilling the lock out and
then wanting to charge another $190 to replace it. <b>Preying
on desperate people in bad situations.</b>"</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span
style="line-height:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;font-family:arial,'Lucida
Grande','Bitstream Vera Sans',verdana,sans-serif"> "When he
got here he said it would be 29 dollars service fee and 100
to pick the lock, he spent exactly 30 seconds trying to pick
the lock, said it was unpickable and went to his car to get
a drill and another lock to replace it. Took him may be 15
minutes to drill and replace the lock then he handed me a
bill for 258 dollars. I said how could something that jtook
under 30 minutes with very little effort cost so much. <b>He
didn't care, just took my credit card and charged it."</b></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span
style="line-height:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;font-family:arial,'Lucida
Grande','Bitstream Vera Sans',verdana,sans-serif">IF I COULD
GIVE THEM NEGATIVE STARS I WOULD NOT HESITATE! <b>This is my
first review and I actually made a yelp account just to
save anyone from falling into their scam</b> they call a
business. </span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span
style="line-height:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;font-family:arial,'Lucida
Grande','Bitstream Vera Sans',verdana,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><span
style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><span
style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px">They call
themselves locksmiths, but that is a joke. They
completely busted our font door lock (to the point
that the handle was hanging loosely off the door and
no long worked to keep the door closed), then
proceeded to charge (and demand!) $150 for the
"service." <b>I could have gotten in a lot quicker and
cheaper by borrowing a neighbor's hammer!</b></span></span></span></span></li>
</ol>
<div>-Rusty</div>
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