The Key Guy Wins Nationally

ALOA Best Website & Van Awarded to The Key Guy!

The Key Guy, a local Honolulu locksmith, won “Best Locksmith Website in the World” (1st Place) and “Best Locksmith Van in the World” (2nd Place) awards at the Associated Locksmiths of America (ALOA) Convention August 7, 2010 in Orlando, Florida. Owners Kimberly and Guy “The Key Guy” Tordjman entered their company after seeing the coincidentally named Key Guyz (notice the “z”) from Minneapolis take home the best van award last year.

“People ask us all the time if The Key Guy is a franchise when they see our beautiful vans,” says Kimberly, “each van is a high-tech locksmith workshop on wheels, equipped with the latest technology and an impressive selection of keys and door hardware. However, when customers see keyguyhawaii.com, they instantly recognize they’re dealing with a true family-operated, kama’aina company.” Kimberly created the website and van signage herself. Guy remarks, “I am proud of The Key Guy because we’re branded like a large company but we have the boutique-quality service and expertise of true specialists. I can’t believe we won a national contest!”

Working as a husband and wife team, Guy and Kimberly founded The Key Guy in 2008. Their first van, nicknamed “The Big Green Monster,” was painted green because when Kimberly first met Guy, he was a green-shirted man with green eyes living on Green Street in Makiki. The Key Guy’s mascot is a modern-day superhero bearing a bit of resemblance to Guy, based on the time Kimberly saw him rescue a suffocating baby from inside a locked car at Hanauma Bay.
The Key Guy’s new locksmith shop in Aiea’s Harbor Center complements its award-winning vans. In addition to locksmithing, The Key Guy is also certified in CCTV Cameras, Burglar Alarms, Proximity Card Readers, Access Control, Intercoms, Keypad Locks, Security Systems, Door Operators, and Master Key Systems.

For the contest, The Key Guy competed against locksmiths from across North America and as far away as Japan. The competitors ranged from one-man mobile locksmiths to multi-company corporations. All ALOA members at the convention were invited to vote in the contest. ALOA is the largest and most respected locksmith association in the world.

Associated Locksmiths of America website: http://www.aloa.org
The Key Guy website: http://www.keyguyhawaii.com
The Key Guy offers 24 Hour Service, Island Wide. Call (808) 377-4999 or toll free 1-877-7KEYGUY

The Life of a Locksmith

Accidentally left one of my three phones in the store overnight and guess what?

Seventy-one (71) missed calls!

You're only a professional contractor if...

Funny thought of the day:

You're only a professional contractor if your butt-crack is clearly visible at all times. If your pants fail to display your butt-crack, you are obviously not a professional!

Look for this (but not too hard!?) next time you call a contractor, locksmith, plumber, electrician, or other repairperson.

OW! We're growing!

The Key Guy is growing up in an exciting new direction! We don't want to spoil the secret yet, but it has to do with the expansion of our sister company, The Security Center (securitycenterhawaii.com) in a joint venture with The Key Guy. Hey, the owners are the same....

So watch out! Here comes a bigger, better solution for all your security, access control, and locksmith needs!

Locksmiths've Got Codes...

Fun fringe benefit of being a locksmith: knowing your codes! We've got key codes, zip codes, and area codes down by heart.

Practical applications of this skill? We're fun at trivia parties. And our friends call us when they need to punch the ZIP into the GPS before the street name. And how is your friendly neighborhood locksmith like a cab driver? He can find you based on very little information! Handy to know us when you're locked out of your vehicle at an unidentified address, like a small business, when parked on the street, or a friend's house.

So program The Key Guy 377-4999 into your phone for that special time in your life when maybe, just maybe, you find yourself locked out AND don't know where you are!

Locksmiths Hit New Low

http://www.hometownglenburnie.com/news/Business/2010/04/10-12/State+censures+Pasadena+locksmith%0A.html

This guy is a new low and a low blow for locksmiths. He gives an estimate of of $200 then charges $1000+ after getting the customer's credit card information. $200 is a ridiculous price to open a car to begin with! It is sad for consumers that so few avenues for real recourse exist.

Guy a Bonded ALOA Member

Associated Locksmiths of America (ALOA) finally sent Guy Tordjman his new "Bonded Member" ID.
Note to the public: just because someone says he's bonded and insured on his website...well, are you going to take his word for it? And if someone says they're "licensed," you might want to ask what they're licensed for, since there is no Locksmith Licensing Board in Hawaii.

At the very least, check out the ALOA Locksmith Search at Findalocksmith.com to see if your locksmith is an ALOA member. ALOA requires stiff FBI background checks, professional references, and at least two years experience for membership. No scammers there!

Hawaii Locksmith Licensure Bill

Say Hey! A Hawaii locksmith licensure bill has been drafted. You can find a PDF and bill history here http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/lists/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=344.

It'll be a good thing for real locksmiths (aka not the scammers). But what with all the hoopla on the internet with so-called "licensed" plumbers and electricians...

Introducing The KeyDog 24 Hours!

Drumroll, please, for the newest Key Dog 24 Hours On Call!
Perhaps you will be one of the customers lucky enough to meet Spock the Cocker Spaniel puppy! Weighing in at 16 pounds, he is an expert in the locksmith profession of cuting, also known as being cute, better known as distracting the customers whilst putting on a puppy face.


Also provides belly for belly rubs, and gives a good palm-licking to those lucky enough to have him as their Key Dog.

Call today for the chance to experience the best of locksmith key dogs!

Go Florida!

We're glad to see that someone is finally pushing some legislation through to force locksmiths to have licenses...too bad it's in Florida and not Hawaii. As we at The Key Guy have learned recently from personal experience, there are all kinds of whack plumbers and electricians who are *supposed* to have state licenses and who *claim* to have state licenses but don't. They screw over their customers and lie blatantly about being licensed contractors up to the point of being criminals. They do crappy work and cause accidents that unwitting customers have to pay for out of pocket--including frying the wires in entire buildings and causing major floods. But that doesn't mean locksmiths shouldn't have to be licensed, too.

The competition is stiff in the locksmith industry, and work locksmiths do is just as important as an electrician or plumber. It's security, for crying out loud. As it stands, there is no recourse for the hundreds of people we've met who've called scammer locksmiths. And the scammers are running rampant what with their unbelievably low advertised rates and astronomically high actual prices. Not to mention the shoddy work they do that has to be fixed by a real professional. Do I sound bitter? I think I deserve it. At least give legitimate locksmiths a fighting chance, eh?