I got my car towed last saturday night from ivy chase.

I think there is a total of 6 visitor parking spaces. All were taken when I arrived. The reason I stopped there was because I recently had surgery on my ankle - the wound had become infected, dripping blood and not clotting. I did not want to drive to north raleigh where I live to wrap the wound so I stopped at my friend's house in Ivy Chase. There were no visitor spots available - aside from that fact I cannot walk very far due to my ankle. I parked outside my friend's apartment, wrapped my wound, and raised it above my head for the swelling to go down - staying at the apartment for a few hours. When I felt I was ready to leave my car was towed - costing me 100$.

The guy at the towing company said Ivy Chase might give me my money back if I argue this. I have not been over there yet, but will this get my money back? or am I screwed.

Could this go to Better Business Bureau?

Also - I have a handicap permit for NCSU. I do not have a handicap permit for public - but I do qualify.

10/9/2007 2:26:29 PM

none of what you said matters

you were parked illegally (i.e. without a permit), and you got towed.

end of story.

if someone's feeling especially generous and sympathetic in the office, they might give you your money back. but in no way are they obligated to do so.

10/9/2007 2:28:30 PM

more like ivey chase pwned

10/9/2007 2:30:13 PM

tow truck drivers and people they work with tend to be very sympathetic

10/9/2007 2:31:10 PM

probably should have gone ahead and gotten the handicap permit for public - you parked illegally and were towed - you didn't expect the towing company to know your story before they towed you - likewise you aren't even a paying customer at ivy chase so I can't imagine they would take sympathy and give $100 away to anyone with a story that could have been made up

10/9/2007 2:31:49 PM

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"you were parked illegally (i.e. without a permit), and you got towed. end of story. if someone's feeling especially generous and sympathetic in the office, they might give you your money back. but in no way are they obligated to do so. "

10/9/2007 2:32:29 PM

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"more like ivey chase pwned"

More like Ivey Chase Towned.

10/9/2007 2:32:33 PM

hahah
hard lesson learned buddy / dont park illegally next time

10/9/2007 2:33:01 PM

here comes the sympathy

10/9/2007 2:33:42 PM

10/9/2007 2:35:37 PM

be sure to talk to HUR too - he might be of some assistance

10/9/2007 2:36:30 PM

I have proof its not made up. my ankle scars.

10/9/2007 2:37:36 PM

I'm pretty sure most apartment complexes have properly posted signs. sounds like you were in the wrong, and are just going to have to suck it up.

of course, it can't hurt to ask the apartment complex, but i can tell you what they are going to say.

10/9/2007 2:39:48 PM

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"I have proof its not made up."

proof of what? that you were parked legally? your ankle doesn't matter (unless you can use it to elicit sympathy from ivy chase, which is doubtful imo since the towing company has your money, not ivy chase.)

10/9/2007 2:39:56 PM

Your ankle scars don't mean anything in the eyes of Bubba the tow truck driver.

10/9/2007 2:41:16 PM

since you dont live at ivy chase i can tell you that they're going to tell you to go fuck yourself if you try to get money back from them

10/9/2007 2:43:49 PM

The manager at Food Lion called to have it towed! Someone call WRAL!

10/9/2007 2:43:58 PM

When I lived there, it was Thistledown, but I made a copy of my parking sticker, and taped it to my girlfriends windshield. Never had to worry about it. Parking sucked back then, I guess it hasn't goten any better since.

10/9/2007 2:58:35 PM

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"I have proof its not made up. my ankle scars."

Yeah because clearly ankle scars give you a free pass from having to follow parking laws, and makes it ok for you to screw some paying resident of Ivy Chase that now has nowhere to park in his own damn apartment complex.

If you think you've even got a shread of a chance of getting your money back you're crazy, and if you do somehow get it back, there is no justice in the world.

10/9/2007 3:03:34 PM

if your leg was so terrible you should have gone to the hospital. i hear they dont tow.

10/9/2007 3:20:54 PM

my roommate got towed when we lived there because his sticker fell off the windshield, even though you could see the sticker in his car.

you will not get your money back.

10/9/2007 5:40:06 PM

Stop being such an efaggot.

Every apt complex in this city has retarded towing practices and you'd have to be a total jerk to argue otherwise.

10/9/2007 5:49:24 PM

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"be sure to talk to HUR too - he might be of some assistance "

Except for Ivy Chase CLEARLY has signs CLEARLY posted Warning that ANYone without a permit will be towed unless parked in a guest space. Under the specific warning the sign LISTS the name of the towing company AND A PHONE NUMBEr at which they can be reached. Guests that park in random spaces are interfering with residences ability to find a parking spot very unlike the closed foodlion that had over 100 empty spaces.

I hope your simple mind can see the difference between the two situations.

That sucks though Larry but i thought you would no better then to park at ivy chase. I am sure the complex might work with you given the situation.

Ivy Chase has the worst fucking towing policies. They are absolute nazi's and make it extremely difficult for anyone to have guests over. When friends of mine are looking for apt complexes i always discourage friends from living at Ivy Chase.

[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 5:59 PM. Reason : l]

[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 6:01 PM. Reason : l]

10/9/2007 5:57:51 PM

10/9/2007 6:04:10 PM

tOWNED

10/9/2007 6:05:54 PM

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" Every apt complex in this city has retarded towing practices and you'd have to be a total jerk to argue otherwise."

no they don't . . . it's generally just the ones that are predominately college students

10/9/2007 7:05:48 PM

when i lived at ivy chase i couldnt find a parking spot when i came home one night

there were multiple parties going on and there were ZERO spots available anywhere on the property

i called the towing company and they said the management office had to call them in order for them to come out

so i spent the night somewhere else & went into the office on the next business day asking for 1 day of rent back.

i argued that i was unable to stay in the apartment i pay for because they were not enforcing their towing policy then asked for 1 day of rent to be prorated to my account. they tried to tell me no but i persisted and they agreed. it wasn't so much about the money as it was ab the principle of the matter.

it was a small victory since ivy chase was an overall terrible living arrangement

10/9/2007 7:18:32 PM

10/9/2007 10:51:37 PM

Bottom line is it's $100 bucks. Just go and try to get it back, worst case you leave without the money, but there's still the chace (even if it's small) that you'll get it back. $100 buys a lot beer.

10/9/2007 10:56:12 PM

a friend of mine is the new property manager there. he's told me the reason they have to be so strict on towing is the number of parking spaces in relation to residents is nearly equal.

10/9/2007 11:44:37 PM

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"tow truck drivers and people they work with tend to be very sympathetic"

ahahaha

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"my roommate got towed when we lived there because his sticker fell off the windshield, even though you could see the sticker in his car. you will not get your money back."

same thing happened to my roomie. she got her money back though. they kept records of your tags/plate.

[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 11:50 PM. Reason : .]

10/9/2007 11:48:42 PM

they just got rid of more visitor parking spaces. Parking at that place fuckin suxx. midsouth towing lot is often unattended though

10/10/2007 12:36:10 AM

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"my roommate got towed when we lived there because his sticker fell off the windshield, even though you could see the sticker in his car. you will not get your money back"

that happened to me at university woods, i got my money back

10/10/2007 12:45:04 AM

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"midsouth towing lot is often unattended though"

orly? that's illegal now. places are supposed to have someone on duty 24/7 i believe.

10/10/2007 12:46:27 AM

^I think they just have to be available 45 minutes after you call.

10/10/2007 6:01:15 AM

i hate towing companies, biggest racket ever. somebody needs to push a bill through the state house and do something about this. short of that, you pretty much don't have any recourse, believe me, I've tried.

10/10/2007 7:03:53 AM

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"orly? that's illegal now. places are supposed to have someone on duty 24/7 i believe."

Whats even more illegal is how when you call they threaten you and say you must be there in a half hour or you will have to wait until morning.

10/10/2007 8:47:19 AM

^^^In Raleigh, they are legally required to respond to phone calls within 15 minutes and have the car available within 45.

10/10/2007 8:53:15 AM

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""midsouth towing lot is often unattended though""

That is definately true. They towed our own car out of Gorman Crossings because they "didn't see the sticker", took over an hour to get to the lot, and refused to give us our car without paying, even after we showed the sticker. Of course, Gorman Crossings didn't do shit about it either. "They have no control over the towing company" I would have fought it except my fiance was already late to work due to their stupid asses and we couldn't wait any longer to get the car back.

10/10/2007 9:25:56 AM

^another example of college aged kids rolling over and taking it up the ass by towing companies/apartment complexes.

that is when you CALL THE POLICE and MAKE them give you your car back.

10/10/2007 9:32:50 AM

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"i hate towing companies, biggest racket ever. somebody needs to push a bill through the state house and do something about this."

Mayor Meeker continuously pushes for increased predatory towing reform but the City Council
keeps shooting it down.

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"a friend of mine is the new property manager there. he's told me the reason they have to be so strict on towing is the number of parking spaces in relation to residents is nearly equal"

This is such bullshit and maybe IvyChase should cut down some trees for more parking.
We all know that no one living there has parents/girlfriends/boyfriends/friends/etc
that come and visit. I always try to dissuade people from living there the place sucks and it is
overpriced at $600 per month for a 3 person apt.

10/10/2007 9:47:02 AM

^ It's not quite $600. I have been there 3 years (it's convenient to my job in RTP and nice for what I need right now) and I only pay $413.33 a month for a 3-bedroom! So although I typically agree with you, I wouldn't say it's overpriced, IMHO really.

But yeah, the parking does suck. Over the past 3 years, I have seen a lot of changes--good and bad. At one point one year, they weren't even towing at all. I could have company over and it wouldn't matter at ALL. But now they are horrible. And that's why they have removed ALL but like 10-12 spots total for guests. Supposedly, they are building a parking deck for residents, but I doubt that will happen. They need to do something though in that HUGE pit they have right behind my building, instead of leaving tall ass trees there wasting space.

According to my coworker who lives out there too, they are towing illegally. They are leaving cars out with no permits but are towing ones that are parking on the curb who are RESIDENTS with NO where to park. What sense does that make?!?!?! He said, you can just jump into a car while they are attempting to tow you and they have to "legally" drop it for free. Either way, it's a mess that needs to be resolved. My homeboy works in the office and he's doing everything he can, but ish is ridiculous.

10/10/2007 11:56:47 AM

i wouldn't even say ivy chase is that convenient to RTP. From that location you have to deal with the I40 US1 bottleneck every morning at exit 293.

My location at lake johnson mews is pretty clutch because i can hop onto the inner beltline from kaplan take the exit 4 wade ave. exit, at this point wade ave. is a freeway that converges with I40 at exit 289. Unless the fair is going on or some dumbass causes a wreck I almost never deal with AM rush hour traffic.

One of my friends was being shady while visiting a friend at IVY Chase and went up onto the curve via the car care place and drove through the grass to park behind his friends building. Somehow the tow guy managed to find him there too.

[Edited on October 10, 2007 at 2:57 PM. Reason : l]

10/10/2007 2:55:42 PM

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"He said, you can just jump into a car while they are attempting to tow you and they have to "legally" drop it for free"

wrong

10/10/2007 5:30:33 PM

if i jump in my car and pull out my 9mm he better let my car go

10/10/2007 5:41:17 PM

if you do that, he'll just shoot you

they are all armed and you showing a gun is all he needs to shoot you

10/10/2007 9:14:32 PM

I do believe it is illegal to ride in a towed vehicle. I saw some girl's car there get hooked up to the tow truck and hearing the driver say she had to pay $50 for 'connection fee' or $100 from the tow lot. Thinking about it, if I were in that situation where I had a permit and legitimately had nowhere to park, I'd hop in the vehicle, tow-truck be damned. Let them call the cops, without some sort of illegal entry I doubt they could do anything but sit there and play the waiting game with you, wasting more time and effort for them than prowling on someone else's car.

If you really wanted to get your $100 back, with no other way of actually getting the money, I always thought it'd be proper if someone 'accidentally' caused a couple hundred bucks worth of damage to the property or tow-truck. Tow-truck would probably be harder, not to mention they usually have another vehicle with them as an escort/backup.

[Edited on October 11, 2007 at 1:09 AM. Reason : .]

10/11/2007 1:06:17 AM

True HUR. I guess I just consider it convenient b/c it's RIGHT off 40 and it's not far from my hometown either. It's in a good location. But anyway, yeah that "bottleneck" area from exit 293 all the way to Wade is a BITCH! I hate it. So yeah, sometimes I go down Gorman to Wade and take that to 40W where it turns into it. It can be quicker.

Back to the matter at hand though, towing out here is ridiculous. They are out here now, as I can hear the truck passing my window. Grrrrr.

10/11/2007 1:13:49 AM

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"if you do that, he'll just shoot you they are all armed and you showing a gun is all he needs to shoot you"

he'll shoot me??? Damn tow truck drivers must have some major balls or death wishes. If I pull my glock out w/ the barrel about to blow his head out he'll gamble reaching down to grab his .44 while i chill for the bluff

10/11/2007 3:01:59 AM

i've never read so much badassery so early in the mornin

10/11/2007 7:00:11 AM