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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:And a quick update.

THREADOMANCY! THREADOMANCY! Sorry, always wanted to say that.

Out here in the Las Vegas Metro Area, police in the different cities and county all have "Quota Days" at the end of one month and the beginning of the next. Suddenly they ticket people left and right, just so they can make quota. Sadly the media will not touch the story nor the city or county government listen to complaints, so nothing ever gets done about it.

The simple solution is to take those two days off every month

Head for the Red Rocks.

A fitting end to the story.

G

Pics - or it didn't happen!



Good job - and congrats!

I think booting is a crock. Seriously what if you had an emergency? Your totally screwed because some A hole locked your car up. There should be a better more economical way to do parking violations.

Congrats mad dok!! The moral of this story is ALWAYS TAKE PHOTOS!

KingCracker wrote:The moral of this story is ALWAYS TAKE PHOTOS!

See, I tell them this..but they cry and complain and call me a filthy pervert.

As much as I hate the creepy little gnome, Dominic Littlewood did a show the other week about how to deal with private clamping firms.

There seem to be three very important bits of advice

1/ Take photo's. Lots and lots of them, take them from every angle and make sure that they are clear and include any and all signage in the area. If neccesary get a passer by or local shop keeper to agree to back you up in court if there are no signs, as sneaky companies will often put them up after the fine is contested to cover thier backs.

2/ Pay them. Get the vehicle released as soon as possible, beg, borrow or raid your savings. These companies make most of their money in exhuberant storage costs, should a court find in your favour you will get all fee's refunded, if you don't win and leave your car with them you will have to pay the storage costs which can be over £100 per day. Never pay with cash, and always get a signed receipt. Also cars which are kept by these companies have a nasty habit of picking up damage which they will say happened before they took the vehicle, this is almost impossible to prove/disprove.

3/ Take them on. I don't mean get all Urban Avenger on them, remain calm when dealing with the clamping staff as quite often they are not very pleasant people and inclined to get physical. Pay up and then appeal against the fine, follow their process which will almost always result in them not giving you your money back. What ever you do, do not accept anything less than a full refund, as this will be seen as binding by a court. Once the appeals have been dealt with take them to court. If there is even the slightest doubt over the clarity of there signage, or there conduct the court will find in your favour as they take a very dim veiw of non regulated civil enforcement companies. Quite often as in the case above, the companies won't even show as they know they will loose, meaning you will automaticaly get you money back.

If anyone needs any further advice contact this lot http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ they will give you all the advice and information you need, and best of all it's completely free

Write a book why don't you while you're at it.

G

Green Blow Fly wrote:Write a book why don't you while you're at it.

G

Your point?

Gwar! wrote:The simple solution is to take those two days off every month

More like up to one week on either side of the monthly divide. You can tell when it starts as you sometimes see up to 7 cop cars parked in a line with their lights flashing and at least one victim each.

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Work dealt with the whole thing. First appeal was of course denied. They claimed they had every right to Clamp me.

Second appeal included a letter from myself, copies of the photo's taken, and a threat to see them in Court. Again, they refused. Of course they did.

So the Court date was set, and they declined to contest.

Classic.