# Key copying accuracy - Home Depot vs. Ace Hardware

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-copying-accuracy-home-depot-vs-ace-hardware/694067>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 26, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-copying-accuracy-home-depot-vs-ace-hardware/694067 "2014-07-26T00:23:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-copying-accuracy-home-depot-vs-ace-hardware/694067/21 "2014-07-27T14:10:59Z")

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> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#):
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> I know it sounds like BS - a home depot employee offering to help?! - but I swear it happened. I was sure impressed by it.

Eh? I’ve found HD personnel to be nothing but helpful, and I’ve been there a lot.  
I find that even a bad key (at least one that eyeballs pretty close to the original) will usually work with enough jiggling and repositioning – sometimes it just needs to be broken in a bit.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-copying-accuracy-home-depot-vs-ace-hardware/694067/23 "2020-04-22T08:23:28Z")

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