good god. the amount of cocksuckery towards Ace towing in here is fucking ridiculous. They are an evil company that preys on college aged people, very often illegally. They get away with it because most people just end up paying the fine, which they often don't deserve, instead of challenging them in some way.
10/9/2007 8:53:51 AM
and fuck lake johnson mews too. i live there, and the apartment manager is a royal bitch.
10/9/2007 8:55:21 AM
sounds like they stole the cars to me / you should have reported them as such
10/9/2007 8:56:06 AM
Yea, Ace is all levels of shady. When I lived in Gorman St. Village they towed my car in the place that I lived. They said I was parked illegally and so I called my landlord and said, 'You get my car released or I'm taking it to court with a photocopy of the map you gave me with my lease of the parking places.'My car was released and I paid no fine. I also told the guy working at ACE that he was a prick and if there was even a scratch on my car from his half-assed towing company he'd hear back from me.
10/9/2007 8:56:14 AM
nm[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 8:56 AM. Reason : nm]
10/9/2007 8:56:21 AM
the fact that you're doing something about it is goodyour attitude is fucking ridiculous
10/9/2007 8:58:21 AM
10/9/2007 9:46:35 AM
next time i will be SURE to take my pen and paper out and count .It does not matter if it was a Grandma Cookie Baking Club across the street with a few old ladies parking their Cadillacs and Lincolns at Foodlion. Foodlion did not following Raleigh predatory towing laws by having a sign properly display their parking regulation besides those who are "Wolfline Riders." Simple deduction skills would recognized that this did not apply on a Saturday night. They furthermore did not list who does the towing and how they can be contacted. DIRECTLY violating Raleigh predatory laws. If it had been my car I would have called 911 had the RPD file a report for Grand Theft Auto with teh ACE towing truck driving hopefully sitting in prison taking it in the ass by Bubba by the end of the week.
10/9/2007 9:59:00 AM
10/9/2007 10:06:50 AM
10/9/2007 10:08:46 AM
^^ what does the word "or" mean to you? i didn't say was it 10-12 friends driving 20 cars...are you retarded?it clearly meant was it just his friends - the 10-12 ppl in a few cars - or a lot of other people he neglected to mention in many more carslisten to ^ ]]
10/9/2007 10:10:18 AM
omar figured it out!!! the 10-12 friends who rode together in the 6-7 cars were actually towing cars behind them. These cars hitched onto the back were effectively blocking the driving aisles along the parking rows and encroached on fire hydrant laws.
10/9/2007 10:10:25 AM
10/9/2007 10:15:52 AM
btw i took pictures of every single sign located in foodlion that mentions towing. I will post them on here tonight when i get home.
10/9/2007 10:17:02 AM
saturday -> tuesdayhow close is anyone to getting their money back
10/9/2007 10:18:15 AM
more like sunday -> Tuesday. actually progress is being made. sorry omar unlike all the nay-sayers in here who thinks foodlion can do what the fuck ever they feel like doing there is something called laws; therefore we can not just go in there with a gun and demand to get everyones towing fee back. We have to follow legal procedures kinda like if food lion would have followed legal procedure in effectively displaying its towing policies and who does the towing; then no one would have a right to bitch.
10/9/2007 10:22:14 AM
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10/9/2007 10:34:03 AM
10/9/2007 10:35:46 AM
a reasonable person would clearly expect that anyone can park there - unless you were going to ride the wolfline - those special people that are going to ride the wolfline must strictly adhere to parking rules - anyone not riding the wolfline has free reign to do as they please....furthermore - ace towing keeps an up-to-date wolfline schedule at all times and distributes it to their driversoh i definitely see your point now.... [Edited on October 9, 2007 at 10:46 AM. Reason : fixed it for smath ]
10/9/2007 10:37:35 AM
The sign does specify Wolfline riders. Since when does wolfline pick up people in that location on saturday nights?
10/9/2007 10:37:58 AM
A reasonable person would assume that Food Lion wouldn't give two shits about who parks in the lot WHEN THEY AREN'T EVEN OPEN at night, especially since there were not any "No overnight parking" signs.
10/9/2007 10:39:42 AM
10/9/2007 10:48:34 AM
keep us up-to-date on your actions. id like to know what you do to correct this issue.
10/9/2007 11:05:51 AM
^^It is still the responsibility of the towing company to ensure that all of their tows are made legally. If they were misdirected by a Food Lion employee that is between Ace and the Food Lion employee.
10/9/2007 11:09:48 AM
10/9/2007 11:32:29 AM
10/9/2007 11:40:30 AM
if there is no sign posted to inform people how to get their car back, it's illegal to tow. some of you assholes need to get a clue.
10/9/2007 11:46:23 AM
10/9/2007 12:19:18 PM
i am sure we are all smart enough to see the difference between driving 70 in a 65, a 19 year old sipping on a beer on a friday evening, and a company who illegally had multiple peoples cars towed without even providing the location of where the car was taken or appropriate signing indicating their towing policies.I guess if I advocate riding in my car without a seatbelt then I have no reason to be upset if I go to the bar and have a guy assault one of my friends.
10/9/2007 12:36:27 PM
We can't seem to stay on topic here anymore, and some of you are just making wooden and often incongruent references.We're beating a dead horse at this point. HUR it's generally a good practice NOT to park in a lot when the business is closed.HOWEVER, by law they're supposed to have a visible sign addressing towing and have a number to contact.Food Lion/ACE failed to do such. This allows you take legal recourse.
10/9/2007 12:42:40 PM
^ good call[/thread]
10/9/2007 12:53:16 PM
http://www.wral.com/5onyourside/
10/9/2007 1:07:33 PM
10/9/2007 1:30:21 PM
^^^^^I just think it's interesting to see what laws you think are bullshit and which ones you want rigorously enforced.The general trend seems to be if it's something you do, it's OK. Otherwise it's the most egregious thing ever.
10/9/2007 1:59:30 PM
^ my point exactly.apparently my input wasn't clear earlier. i'm not trying to insinuate frat-bashing, i just want to point out why these cars were parked at food lion and not somewhere else where it is clear whether they could park there or not.
10/9/2007 2:48:12 PM
10/9/2007 2:56:15 PM
has anyone posted a link to the predatory parking laws? im interested in reading them, but i dont feel like reading 4 pages of bickering.[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 3:02 PM. Reason : d]
10/9/2007 2:58:47 PM
I did somewhere on page 2]
10/9/2007 3:10:59 PM
hmmm...i see a news article, not the law. maybe im missing something.[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 3:13 PM. Reason : d]
10/9/2007 3:12:54 PM
The news article is on the Raleigh ordinance which is law. Also WRAL loves doing stories on this type of crap and the mayor loves the good PR he gets bashing it and taking action against it. I really hope the thread starter has sent a letter to mayor meekers office as well as 5 on your side.
10/9/2007 3:16:52 PM
ok, so you didnt post the actual law. im not looking for an article about the law. thanks though.[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 3:21 PM. Reason : d]
10/9/2007 3:20:28 PM
10/9/2007 3:29:43 PM
http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=10312&sid=33^ha, well here's the link at least[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 3:34 PM. Reason : beat me to it]
10/9/2007 3:34:01 PM
I can't find anything mandating that signs be posted on lots that cars are towed from.
10/9/2007 3:35:19 PM
10/9/2007 3:40:45 PM
10/9/2007 3:44:35 PM
i love threads like this. they reveal all the pussies of the wolfweb who would bend over and take it in the ass from anyone instead of taking a stand against someone who has obviously wronged them. hope your friends get their money back, HUR.
10/9/2007 3:54:34 PM
I hope he gets his money back as well, I hate towing companies, but his attitude in regards to the whole thing is pretty shitty and he probably should have used better judgment.
10/9/2007 4:38:36 PM
threads like this just show how many retarded people are on TWW. everytime someone posts a thread where they got fucked over, like 20 posters jump on it to start posting how "you should have obeyed the rules, stop whining" or something ridiculous.
10/9/2007 4:38:57 PM