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Lost my keys inside the car I was shipping and the driver almost left without it
So I paid a broker in Phoenix $850 to move my old Civic to my sister in Denver, and the pickup window was 8am to noon on a Tuesday. The driver showed up at 11:40, I handed him the only key I had, and then we both watched the door lock button on the fob just die. We stood there for 25 minutes trying to pop the door with a coat hanger while he kept saying his next stop in Flagstaff was at 4. I ended up calling a locksmith for $140, he got it open in four minutes, and the driver rolled out at 12:30. Does anyone actually get a spare key made before a long haul, or am I the only one who learned this the hard way?
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laura_park23d ago
Twenty five minutes with a coat hanger and a locksmith who solved it in four says a lot about how we handle the small stuff before big events. Most people prep for the trip but not for the tiny failure that stops it, like a dead fob battery or one key for a one way haul. My sister drove to the airport with no plan B once and spent two hours waiting on a ride, so now she snaps a photo of her keys and hides a spare in her bag before anything long.
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