Complaint Review: Absolute Towing - Colorado Springs Colorado
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- Absolute Towing 2106 East Boulder Street Colorado Springs, Colorado United States of America
- Phone: 465-3495
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- Category: Auto Towing
Absolute Towing, Towing Scam Colorado Springs, Colorado
*Consumer Comment: Why did you park there?
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When I arrived at DHS there were no parking spots available at Human Services parking lot. Knowing that it was only going to take me 5 minutes in DHS to hand the receptionist papers I parked in Denny's Parking Lot. I was in DHS for 5 minutes and when I returned to my car it was gone!!
A gentleman approached me and said he watched the whole thing. A tow truck that was parked in a hidden spot behind Denny's immediately towed my car as soon as I walked into DHS. I called the phone number on the sign in Denny's parking lot and a lady in the parking lot answered the phone, obviously she waits and phones the tow truck driver from her car! She said, I'm sitting in the white car in the corner of the lot and you can come over and get your towing ticket. I approached the car and she handed me my ticket out the car window.
I looked at the ticket and it said $196. Later I was informed by the receptionist at DHS that normally it costs $85. I guess maybe they just pick and choose what they want to charge for towing?! And to top it off they only except cash. Wonder if the IRS is aware of this?!
Long story short, I had to borrow money to have my car back, had to take several hours off of work because they made me wait for them to arrive at Absolute to get my car back after I told them when I would be there. This company along with Denny's is definately running a scam sadly on people who are already financially struggling!
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#1 Consumer Comment
Why did you park there?
AUTHOR: Flynrider - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Denny's obviously has a problem with people who are visiting DHS using up their parking spaces. If it weren't a big problem, the towing company wouldn't pay to have someone sit in the lot and catch violators.
It's pretty simple. Don't park in a lot unless you're doing business with the business that owns the lot. While you can often get away with this in places that don't have limited parking, you can bet on getting towed in places where parking is a problem (like next to a government building with inadequate parking).
$150 - $200 is not unusual for this type of tow. $85 would really be cheap. They usually charge that just to come out and hook it up.
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