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Clamped & Towed, reclaiming the charge
loudweb
Posts: 4 Newbie
I'll have to join in here now!
My partner was clamped+towed last night in a quiet (private) road that has resident parking spaces. She didn't want to park in the spaces because she thought she risked being clamped and also inconvienicing the owner of the space.
She was gone for 30 mins. You guess right, she came back and the car was gone. It wasn't until we called the clampers that they had told us they had the car and it would be £425 to release it.
£110 for the clamp (issued 2 mins after she had gone)
£255 for the towing (to a depot over 10 miles away)
£30 for storage (8.20pm to midnight)
£30 for storage (midnight to 8am when I came to collect)
Distraught, she went back to the flats and the person she was visiting had forgotten that she had just received a letter about the "new" clamping company who started last week. Now they say in their letter that any car in the road will be towed immidiately. This to me would suggest towing only - NOT towing + clamping.
We're going back tonight to check the signs, but my initial thougts are,
a) Should not have to pay clamp + tow
b) The road should have clear markings or the sign must state NO PARKING in this area
c) The sign should state that the vehicle can only be retrieved between 8am-5pm
d) 2xdays storage should be 48 hours, not 12 hours
e) £60 storage because they would not let me get the car is unreasonable.
Now if we discover that the signs clearly state Park here and you will be charged then fine, I will accept the tow charge... but £425, plus the fact that she was stranded late at night and then I had to get all the way to the compound i think is excessive and unreasonable. We are willing (on principle) to take this to court. In this country you get £80 fine for shop lifting!!! £425 for parking your car is unreasonable.
I know that the whole clampers thing is a grey area, so any similar stories of sucess or failure in the court route would be really good to hear!
My partner was clamped+towed last night in a quiet (private) road that has resident parking spaces. She didn't want to park in the spaces because she thought she risked being clamped and also inconvienicing the owner of the space.
She was gone for 30 mins. You guess right, she came back and the car was gone. It wasn't until we called the clampers that they had told us they had the car and it would be £425 to release it.
£110 for the clamp (issued 2 mins after she had gone)
£255 for the towing (to a depot over 10 miles away)
£30 for storage (8.20pm to midnight)
£30 for storage (midnight to 8am when I came to collect)
Distraught, she went back to the flats and the person she was visiting had forgotten that she had just received a letter about the "new" clamping company who started last week. Now they say in their letter that any car in the road will be towed immidiately. This to me would suggest towing only - NOT towing + clamping.
We're going back tonight to check the signs, but my initial thougts are,
a) Should not have to pay clamp + tow
b) The road should have clear markings or the sign must state NO PARKING in this area
c) The sign should state that the vehicle can only be retrieved between 8am-5pm
d) 2xdays storage should be 48 hours, not 12 hours
e) £60 storage because they would not let me get the car is unreasonable.
Now if we discover that the signs clearly state Park here and you will be charged then fine, I will accept the tow charge... but £425, plus the fact that she was stranded late at night and then I had to get all the way to the compound i think is excessive and unreasonable. We are willing (on principle) to take this to court. In this country you get £80 fine for shop lifting!!! £425 for parking your car is unreasonable.
I know that the whole clampers thing is a grey area, so any similar stories of sucess or failure in the court route would be really good to hear!
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Loudweb, it would be a good idea to start your own thread, so as not to detract from the OP's tread, and so yours doesn't get missed by others.0
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and your case, having already paid, is very different anyway.
recovery is possible but lots of work!0 -
loudweb - I've split these posts to a new thread
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