El Cheapo Locksmith operates from 6161 El Cajon Boulevard in College Area, a San Diego mobile locksmith service positioned on the international dining corridor a few blocks west of SDSU in the 92115 ZIP. Robert Bernay founded the company in 2000, and the operation has run continuously for more than two decades, building the fleet around a high-tech mobile van equipped with code-cutting machines, transponder programmers, and pin-tumbler servicing tools. College Area's dense rental market near the university means the shop fields a high volume of tenant-turnover rekeying calls, where landlords need all locks on a unit rekeyed to a new key set between move-out and move-in, often on the same day that San Diego Moving and Packing Services is handling the physical relocation on the same property. The El Cajon Boulevard storefront draws walk-in traffic for key duplication on standard residential and commercial blanks, while the mobile unit covers house lockouts, car lockouts, lock rekeying, deadbolt installation, and drill-out extraction across San Diego County. Automotive services include transponder key cutting and programming, remote fob replacement, ignition cylinder repair, and broken key extraction for domestic and import vehicles. The wheelchair-accessible storefront entrance and parking lot make the shop one of the more accessible locksmith walk-in options on the El Cajon Boulevard corridor. Commercial lockout and access-control work covers the small businesses along El Cajon Boulevard and Montezuma Road, including keypad lock installation and master key systems for multi-tenant commercial buildings. Electronic lock installations that require dedicated low-voltage wiring or hardwired power to the strike plate are coordinated with electricians at Lightning Electric when the existing door frame lacks a power source. Each mobile service call includes a flat-rate quote delivered before any work begins, covering parts, labor, and trip charge as a single line item with no add-on fees after the technician arrives.