Today I took a call from a young person who wanted to know if we could make a key for his fathers 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I checked the application charts and learned it required one of the new style "chip keys" and the cost to duplicate it was $69.99. That did not seem to phase the caller until I told him we would have to have a working key in order to for me to make the duplicate. Unfortunately he had lost his father's one and only key and had nothing to duplicate it with! The dealer told him a new one could be made for over $200 but only if the vehicle was brought to the dealership. That ought to be fun.... with no keys!
I think the moral of this story is, no matter how much an extra key costs to have duplicated, it's always far cheaper than getting a key made with nothing to duplicate. Trying to save a buck today may very well cost you far more tomorrow!
Good Post!!
I have to admit, I have tried saving a buck a time or too, and it has always back fired on me and cost me in the long run!
David Cherry
http://www.cherrydesignsinc.com
Posted by: David Cherry | April 19, 2009 at 03:56 PM