dummy question - where can I get duplicate keys

Around here, I get keys at hardware stores, Walmart and Home Depot. I think it's Home Depot (could be Lowes).

Most hardware stores still cut keys - some big box type stores (like Walmart) still do, but that seems to be increasingly rare. There are usually kiosk-type places in most malls that provide key-cutting. Oddly (?) I often see keycutting advertised at places like Moneysworth and Best (a shoe repair franchise we see in malls here).

A couple of the corner stores around here also offer key-cutting. I usually pay about $3 - $5 to have a key cut.

ugh : $3 - 5 ... ****!

well, I'll see. Diane has one, but I don't have any extras.

I haven't been in a mall in years - Roger and I went to Cottonwood Mall once, looking for, uh, his avatar toy. Snort. That was quite a while ago, as in 5 years?

Thanks, all.

Try googling "locksmith" or "where can I get keys made in (your town)". There's one right next to my bank branch in MA, not that that's likely to help you, but they're not uncommon.

I get mine at a locksmith, too. Cheap, and by golly, much better than parking at WalMart and walking a quarter mile to the auto section where they make keys.

Whilst your looking at this, please take my advice and get a chain or clip lock for your door, for when you are indoors. (clip locks are superior).

I have experience in locksmithing and slight experience in criminal behaviours and with some easily acquired tools, I can be in your home in less than 3 minutes silently, if you do not have a top deadlock or the above on your door. You should have the same security on second and third floor rear porches, it takes seconds for free runners such as my younger self to climb up and minutes at most for the older. (that is with joint damage too, do not underestimate the human ability to spurt a temporary juvenile phase over minutes).

The top deadlock is breachable too, so make sure you are safe inside.

On a less important note, if you are dealing with online stalking and suspect your keys are missing, use a local hardware store or locksmith, not eBay to get cheap replacement locks.. Some of the keys are quite often very basic and the locks have few levers. (but do not quote me on all sellers products please).

Dav.

I know they do at HomeDepot and Lowes, the only hardware stores we have around here.

My local Lowes has a machine I can make my own for $1-$2 each.

I'm typing here to see if my keyboard works...

cripes, it does.

I just went through a half hour or so with all coming out as caps (and, now, not, re my keyboard). Very strange, but I'm glad to be back.