For the expats... How many of you have encountered some sort of problem with keys in this country? Genre; 'How much!?' 'How long!?' 'You need a what?' 'Where can I get this 15th century key copied?'
I've had many key issues. I even blogged about it once, when I lost my huge cave key months ago. We are still in search of a place to make a copy of the key! Also, it's virtually impossible to make a copy of our apartment key without written permission from our landlord.
When my 12-year-old son finally was ready to walk home from school by himself and needed a set of keys last spring, I expected that I'd need the usual letter of permission. However, I figured I'd give it a try and walked into the shoe repair/key shop on rue de Passy. To my surprise, they made the copies with no questions asked -- but charged me 80 euros for two keys! My son lives in fear of losing his expensive keys.
Aha, hmmm, yes it seems to be some great conspiracy, either they can do them no problem but it'll cost you a fortune, or - as it the case with our new apartment - we have a 'protected key' than is available only by order, takes 4 weeks, and can only be done if we supply some sort of 'ownership card' (which has obviously been overlooked by the rich ditz who's in charge of our apartment, man is she one clueless class act). If we can't supply it our only other option is to change the locks (which we won't be footing the bill for thanks very much...)
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Nope no key issues as no key needs. I guess this means this is a problem I have to look forward to...
I've had many key issues. I even blogged about it once, when I lost my huge cave key months ago. We are still in search of a place to make a copy of the key! Also, it's virtually impossible to make a copy of our apartment key without written permission from our landlord.
Not I, not yet, but I know a few other bloggers in Paris have.
When my 12-year-old son finally was ready to walk home from school by himself and needed a set of keys last spring, I expected that I'd need the usual letter of permission. However, I figured I'd give it a try and walked into the shoe repair/key shop on rue de Passy. To my surprise, they made the copies with no questions asked -- but charged me 80 euros for two keys! My son lives in fear of losing his expensive keys.
Aha, hmmm, yes it seems to be some great conspiracy, either they can do them no problem but it'll cost you a fortune, or - as it the case with our new apartment - we have a 'protected key' than is available only by order, takes 4 weeks, and can only be done if we supply some sort of 'ownership card' (which has obviously been overlooked by the rich ditz who's in charge of our apartment, man is she one clueless class act). If we can't supply it our only other option is to change the locks (which we won't be footing the bill for thanks very much...)
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