Consumer Extortion---The Almighty Towing Company *REBUTTAL

This email is a rebuttal to RipOff #904.
It was sent by D.Rowley at junk@zipperz.com.

Consumer Extortion---The Almighty Towing Company (#904)

They filed the following rebuttal to the above Rip-Off Report:

Their email: junk@zipperz.com
Their name: D.Rowley
Their relationship to the company: Advocate

Rebuttal:
I used to be a Professional Tow Truck Driver in Portland, OR. I worked for such companies as A&B Towing, Arrow Towing, Newhouse & Hutchins and Justice Towing. All of which are very reputable companies like Retriever.

So I know what I am about to say is correct. The 1st mistake is that you admitted to parking in a space "CLEARLY" marked "NO PARKING BEFORE 5pm" DUH!!!!! Ususal hook up rates for a PPI (Private property impound) is anywhere from $75-$150 just for the hook-up.

The $30 fee you paid for dollies was to protect your car (IE you had a front wheel drive car and had it nosed in) these protect your transmission and in the event that your steering is not properly locked. Thus preventing any damage to your investment.

The $3.50 you paid for the 5 blocks is a mileage charge, which
is charged per mile or ANY part of a mile thereof.

The $25.00 you paid was for the simple reason that tow companies and their people have lives too and they work 9-5 just like you and me. So obviously you called after 5pm to get your car therefore you must pay a "GATE FEE" which covers the cost
of an employee to leave his house and family to HELP you.

And lastly the $5.00 fee is to cover the answering service fees incurred due to the after hours call. You are only whining because of your own stupidity and failure to comply with a sign for which I know for a fact was as big as a "House 4 Sale" sign. (This is a Multnomah County Law.) And had the sign not been
posted you would have thought your car had been stolen, but wait, right there at the bottom of the sign was the phone number of the company that has your car.

"What a novel idea" for them to be so nice and leave that number for you to call. It helped didn't it? As i see it you deserved every penny it cost you just because you were the one being ignorant and thinking that your appointment has priority over
all.

D.Rowley
SLC, UT former Oregonian