sleazy car towing from apartment complex

[Mosie]

So today my girlfriends car gets towed sometime today and not at 1 am. I know this for a fact because we get home every night around 4 am and she has a parking permit but all the resident spots are taken so we have to park on the complete other side of the complex. The visitor spots are very little and for compact cars only. So we parked on the very farthest spot with about 8 spots open to the right and curb on left side.The first pic is terrible shows the backside kinda angled not showing the line,tire or anything that right out shows double parking. The second from the front shows the tire might have barely been touching the line. We would need slow motion instant replay to tell if it was but from the angle it looks like it might have been touching the line maybe. Well when the apartment manager looked at the pics from getting towed. Looked at the front and back picture she notice the pics didn't show the car over the line that it just looked like it was touching the line nothing was at fault it seemed and called the towing company herself and asked for the charges to be waived. The towing company said no! hmm what to do?

[John]

Sometimes I've gone to park and the cars next to me are off centered, so I HAVE to park on the line in order to park at all. The other cars leave and my car is sitting on the line like I parked it there on purpose. I'd be pissed if I got towed in that situation... wouldn't everyone else. This happens in many parking lots.

[Carla]

My daughters car was just towed last night in Denton. She was at a party and had no idea about the parking permits. I spoke to the driver on the phone before the car had been lifted and he said he would put it down for $125 cash only. Of course, my daughter did not have that kind of cash on her, and he would not take another form of payment over the phone from me. I am really looking forward to going and paying over $250 today to pick up the car. What a scam!!

[RJM]

Then those drivers are in the wrong line of work, or that is, You are since you seem so sympathetic to them. We work, we pay for our car, we pay for our licenses, we pay taxes on the car, we pay for the permits, we pay rent to the places we park them and all we ask is to be left alone to try and make ends meet. I'm a little more worried about not finding my car at 6am when I need to get to my job than I am your idiot driver who stole my car over some inbred resident's need to not have to squeeze his fat a** past the bumper. Oh, and last I had to pay a Reputable company I paid about a hundred, and it darn sure was over 2 miles. And I've seen "Reputable" towing companies patrolling for violations, I followed one for awhile after he nailed my car at my own parents place, he got it within 10 minutes of my friends and I unloading the car and going up four flights of steps, we hadn't gotten to picking up the spare permit in the condo nor would we have had time apparently.

Comment wrote:

Some on this post feel that the $263 is excessive.
Think of it this way...
Here is what is in effect being asked of the tow company:
1)They are being called at 1am and asked to send one of their drivers who is at home with their families to come out and assist you.(And yes these drivers are dispatched from their homes in the off hours)
2)This employee has to be compensated with a fair enough wage that he can support his family. Should the company pay peanuts, turnover would be out of control and the company would constantly be training new replacement employees.
3) The company also has to carry a VERY EXPENSIVE insurance policy to cover not only its employees but potential damage to the recovered vehicle as well.
4) The company has to equip the driver with a reliable truck sufficient enough to recover various types of vehicles in all types of conditions and circumstances. These trucks start at around $60,000 and climb well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
5) So that taxpayers are not left with all the above costs and headaches, local municipalities use these companies to clear the roadways after wrecks and police arrests. These agencies REQUIRE a tow company under contract to have access to all of this expensive equipment as a condition of the contract. That half million dollar 18-wheeler wrecker will rarly get used, but you had better have one.
Now I ask, would you be woken up at 1am and do all this for a $263 payment?

[jeff]

Bill P wrote:

I drive a tow truck and we have rules to go by.I towed 25 cars last week 5 were stolen and the rest did not have a parking permit or were double parked or in a handy cap parking slot with out a permit.If your on the line in your parking slot its a chain reaction it affectsevery one else in your little are.The apartment managers have problems with parking or they wouldn't sign a contract with tow companies.Slow down watch how you park and you won't get towed.And I found out that most people that get towed are liars and some are total idiots.I take three to four pictures of every tow.Most apartments have visitor parking.Find your visitor parking area,get a visitor pass,park the right way or get towed its very simple.We tow 1500 a month because people are in a hurry,not paying attention or can't read.Thank you have a nice day

youre a complete dumb fuck bill, and missing the point because of how mentally retarded you are. its bullying. not enforcement of any rules. nobody cares how much money you off towing. thats all you care about. use some of that money and go get a brain transplant. its people like you that are breathing precious air that i could be breathing. who cares if its parked on the white line or a little bit over. do us all a favor and kill yourself & not procreate.

[jazzsolo]

Bill P wrote:

Its not the tow companies job to call you.Tow drivers don't make much money and they get payed per car so there main concern is getting 10 cars a night safely towed like I said before do what your supposed to do and you won't get towed.Wake up.Oh what are the names of the tow companies.Pro tow may be one of the better tow companies out ther but they work there driver 80 hrs a week and they don't make much money.THEY ARE NOT DRIVER FRIENDLY.So if they you encounter a tow driver be friendly or he may zap you with his stun gun.

not true

[jazzsolo]

this is so not true...

[Anon Ymous]

Bill P wrote:

I drive a tow truck and we have rules to go by. I towed 25 cars last week 5 were stolen and the rest...

Sounds like all 25 were stolen to me.

[Fred Flintstone]

Anon Ymous wrote:

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Sounds like all 25 were stolen to me.

People just need to learn how to freakin park!!!!

[drfjr58]

Tampa, Tulsa, Pensacola? Why on Grapevine board?