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wtfent · 11-14-2007, 01:31 PM

Ok So I have lived in San Diego for the past 26 years and I have seen my fair share of cars get stolen. Most of the cars stolen are older hondas, or toyotas and 100% of the stories are exactly the same. Whats going on here?

Older car stolen, people wake up report it, they get a call from the police that the car was found on the side of the road and it was being towed to the local tow yard which you have to pay $300 to get out. Most of these tow yards are on contract with the city. Nobody is making any money off this but the city and the tow yards which makes me think this is some kind of huge scam going on. Each time the batteries are removed also so someone else cant steal it or you cant find it and pick it up.

who · 11-14-2007, 01:34 PM

The tow companies are stealing cars? What else?

wtfent · 11-14-2007, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by who

The tow companies are stealing cars? What else?

It seems so obvious but why is nobody doing anything about it? When I went with my ex to get her car back there were two other people there we were talking with that said there cars were stolen the night before also and that they got a call from the police to pick it up at that tow yard. The guys running the place were a whole bunch of guys that looked like they were straight out of a 50-cent rap video with all this bling on, it just looked so strange. I mean shit if they have 10 tow yards in California that get 10 cars each day thats like $30,000+ per day, $900,000 per month. Thats HUGE money.

G-Rotica · 11-14-2007, 01:53 PM

My brother quit driving a tow truck in Jersey, because they wanted him to do random grabs.

papill0n · 11-14-2007, 02:53 PM

holy shit sounds like a racket for sure

leftsans · 11-14-2007, 02:59 PM

cops let towing companies get away with outrageous shit in my experience

Brother Bilo · 11-14-2007, 03:08 PM

That happens in Phoenix all the time. I think each news channel runs a scam buster segment on the various tow truck companies every year. I guess it doesn't really make a difference because it keeps happening.

Most likely, if you can fight it with any kind of proof and have the time it takes, you can get the fee waived, but most of the time it's not worth it. One of those catch 22's I guess.

11-14-2007, 01:31 PM	#1
wtfent Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Diego, Cali. baby!!! Posts: 3,790	Somebody please explain this to me, PLEASE!!! Ok So I have lived in San Diego for the past 26 years and I have seen my fair share of cars get stolen. Most of the cars stolen are older hondas, or toyotas and 100% of the stories are exactly the same. Whats going on here? Older car stolen, people wake up report it, they get a call from the police that the car was found on the side of the road and it was being towed to the local tow yard which you have to pay $300 to get out. Most of these tow yards are on contract with the city. Nobody is making any money off this but the city and the tow yards which makes me think this is some kind of huge scam going on. Each time the batteries are removed also so someone else cant steal it or you cant find it and pick it up.

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Brother Bilo Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: I live in cage Posts: 4,193	That happens in Phoenix all the time. I think each news channel runs a scam buster segment on the various tow truck companies every year. I guess it doesn't really make a difference because it keeps happening. Most likely, if you can fight it with any kind of proof and have the time it takes, you can get the fee waived, but most of the time it's not worth it. One of those catch 22's I guess. __________________

11-14-2007, 01:34 PM	#2
who So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ICQ #23642053 Posts: 19,593	The tow companies are stealing cars? What else?

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papill0n Unregistered Abuser Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15,547	holy shit sounds like a racket for sure