LOL! This is great stuff!

http://www.parkingenforcementforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3

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I'm glad your with someone but you clearly have not read or at least comprehended the incident. Nothing is black and white, that is why we humans use judgment. He had every right to move his car into his garage, no if ands or buts about it....the Sheriff ruled on that.

Explain the tire damage the boot did.

It was not the right thing to do, what he did is known as poor judgment. There are lots of shady and nasty things I can do that are legal, that doesn't mean I should do it because I can.

Thats what small claims court is for.

It's good news for shady companies that there are plenty of people like you willing to take whatever they wish to give you.

-(Another APS officer) Hey man, I have this ticket for you, I've put down that you are refusing to pay, I just need your signature. I read it, above my signature it says, " Acceptance for services."
-Sorry man, I not going to sign it, you haven't offered me a service

Good one


I don't know I'm kinda on his side. Even though he did complicate the situation by moving his car.

Like he said, he's parked in the same spot for over 3 months, his car is known and he's always had his permit before. One day he just happened to not display it, but it was still valid and up to date.

This is almost like coming home one day and finding out that someone else is living in your house because "We didn't know you lived here."

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"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Didn't we have a member who griped that he got a ticket because his car was parked in the wrong direction? I think his excuse was that he has been doing it for eons.

To whom? The company may not be sending the same person there every day.

And he was supposed to display his permit at all times. He knew the rules and broke it. Now he is upset that he gets into problems.

How so?

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I don't remember reading that one. I think it was more that he parked for an appointment and then decided to go to lunch and found a boot when he came back out.

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"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

IIRC, he went in to a strip mall, found the store was closed and went to the IHOP somewhere else, came back and found his car booted because it was for patrons only. Something which he wasn't once he left the strip mall.

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The guy is not upset he said he didn't care if they removed the boot since he was not going to drive it. He moved HIS car into HIS garage and gave them every opportunity to get the boot, he did not want to accept the services so he exercised his right to say no. This is a much different situation than the other posted here on MBshop.

He also showed the contract that proved they weren't following their own protocol. He should have gotten a warning sticker first, not an immediate boot.

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I'm with the Audi guy. I can understand in a busy shopping area or downtown, but this type of parking enforcement really isn't necessary in a private neighborhood. Couple that with an overzealous crooked booting company, and you really got problems.

We have a few contracts with tow agencies to watch our store lots, one in particular near a busy convention center. These tow truck guys know when an event is going on and have a spy car watching the lot. As soon as someone gets out and walks away from the Taco Bell, bam! Their car is towed. At the entrance and every light pole there is a sternly worded warning.

I hate that we've paired up with these lowlifes, but its probably the only way to keep the parking lot empty for customers.

The only people I hold less respect for is personal injury/disability lawyers. Some of our older stores that aren't up to code for handicapped people regularly get frisked by lawyers wanting to make a quick buck. Most of them we've fixed the issues, but a few would require a complete tear down of the existing structure so a guy in a wheelchair can take a dump.

Then there's the personal injury... A woman orders coffee at the drive thru, grabs it from the attendant, sticks it in between her legs, and it dumps all over her crotch. THE LAWYER SENT US PICTURES of her burnt woman parts, claiming its our fault for not having the lid secured properly. Rather than waste time/ alot more money, the company sent a check to the moron and her bloodsucking lawyer. This is the new America.

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Yep, I don't have an issue with him moving the vehicle to his own garage.

The real question occurs if the boot company doesn't blink. Let's say they just leave the boot on the vehicle indefinitely. Sooner or later, he needs to use that vehicle or sell it. Both are impossible with the boot in place.

Either he cuts the boot off the vehicle (not legal) or he must then call the boot company and pay the company to remove the boot.

They could have played him just as easily as he played them.

Oh... I forgot to tell the best lawyer story of all!

A lawyer was waiting in line at one of our drive throughs with a car in front and one behind. Apparently the people in front of him were causing some kind of ruckus and the lawyer decided to yell racist expletives at them. Of course, these group of thugs yanked him out of the car a beat the living crap out of him...

Did he call the police? Yes.

Did he blame the thugs? No.

Did he blame himself? He's a lawyer, of course not!

Did he blame the store? YES, because the way the drive through was setup he had no way to escape in his car.

He got his check too.

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Could he sell it with full disclosure?

So the buyer gets it and says to the boot company, "I bought this car and if you don't get your boot of it I'm going to charge you for depriving me of my motor vehicle."

Warning: I'm not a LAWYER!

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I'm sure he could.........but, the value of the vehicle would be severely reduced if the buyer cannot take it for a test drive prior to purchasing it.

So, it makes the scenario unlikely.

But, if it did occur, the resulting fallout would be quite interesting because the boot company doesn't have recourse to the new buyer, AFAIK.