Mobile locksmith companies typically advertise the address of their central dispatching office. The office itself conventionally contains NOTHING involving the locksmith field- including locksmiths! Mobile locksmiths usually situate themselves throughout a broad range of coverage in order to ensure that all customers that call are reached in a punctual fashion. So the technician might actually be 30 minutes or so away. Just remember, YOU may live 30 seconds from the dispatching location, but if that’s the way it worked, you’d be the only customer receiving timely service. Since the technicians are peppered through the city instead, they can guarantee a tantamount arrival period for most clients. The trip fee is ordained to ensure that the locksmiths at least receive a minimal compensation for the time and effort of trekking to the customer in the event that the customer decides to cancel as soon as the locksmith arrives on site.