It happens a million times: Some people lock themselves out of their own apartment.
For others, the toilet is suddenly blocked, water shoots out of broken pipes, pests populate the kitchen, wasps the roller shutter box.
And whoever calls the first emergency service in the excitement will get the next shock.
For immediate aid, black sheep in the industry like to ask cheekily with 500, 700 euros and more to cash.
On Sundays, public holidays or at night, over 1000 euros are not uncommon.
New court rulings have finally classified cashing in emergencies, for example through a locksmith, as usury. Consumers are no longer completely powerless. All this is now possible in the fight against cheeky rip-offs.