so my dh and i have to sue a crappy tow truck driver and the company owner for illegally towing our vehicle. to make a long story short, the car had a flat tire, it got a lil sticker on it on the 3rd that stated it needed to be taken car of by the 13th or it would be towed. ok so we walk out there on the morning of the 8th and the car was gone [we were going to take care of it that day]. he [dh] contacts our apartments and lets them know what's going on. he takes the sticker to the office, and the asst mgr makes a copy of it and agrees with us and then tries to contact the owner, well he wont pick up the phone. so after waiting over 2 hrs my husband calls and he does pick up and right off the bat he became a HUGE jerk after he realized it was him and what car it was about. and finally stated that he wasn't going to release it. after going back and forth with the lovely lady at our apartments and her dealing with him he told her that he wasn't going to look at any paper work until mon [this was all going on sat. morning]. we said we were waiting until mon and then i called the police, a deputy came out and talked with me, and told me that i had to either go and get it out and then sue him for the fees or wait until mon and hope the manager demanded that he releases it...so the deputy and i go up to the office and talk it over with the asst manager. he then calls the owner and states that he was looking at all the paperwork and that the driver towed it when it wasn't supposed to be, and even better the frickin driver stated that it was towed on the 13th, it was only the 8th. the deputy asked about that "the paper work has to match up" was the owner's answer. so he [deputy] told him that if it goes to court he was going to lose. the owner "we will see" - click. he hung up on the cop...the owner is a real jerk.
ok so the saga goes on and on...finally at about 3 pm the owner calls the asst mgr back and tells her to tell us not to go and pay to get it out, but to send him a pic msg to his cell. we do...3 times "didn't get it" was his response. so i ask if there is an email address...i get one and send it and wait... no response. call the office and she said that he was coming up with every story possible. "his driver doesn't write like that [though all the paper work is in the same exact hand writing]" "the sticker is too clean, they didn't pull it off the window" "they changed the date". so apparently i have a pocket full of every tow truck companies stickers and i falsify them when i get one...BS! after all that he releases it with no charges...we have to go and get it though, he wont bring it back. GRRRRR!
we get there and the tire is now off the rim...it's rear wheel drive so we have one heck of a time trying to get it up on the trailer. so it took us 5 hrs to get the trailer and then to get the car and take it back to my husband's work [so they can't tow it again out of spite] and then return the trailer. we have 3 children that had to sit in the car for that long, including an almost 3 mth old....
so in total we spent 10 hrs fighting to get our car back that should have NOT been towed to begin with and then had to pay and hassle to get it back. so how do we proceed? how much do we sue for? thoughts please!
ok so the saga goes on and on...finally at about 3 pm the owner calls the asst mgr back and tells her to tell us not to go and pay to get it out, but to send him a pic msg to his cell. we do...3 times "didn't get it" was his response. so i ask if there is an email address...i get one and send it and wait... no response. call the office and she said that he was coming up with every story possible. "his driver doesn't write like that [though all the paper work is in the same exact hand writing]" "the sticker is too clean, they didn't pull it off the window" "they changed the date". so apparently i have a pocket full of every tow truck companies stickers and i falsify them when i get one...BS! after all that he releases it with no charges...we have to go and get it though, he wont bring it back. GRRRRR!
we get there and the tire is now off the rim...it's rear wheel drive so we have one heck of a time trying to get it up on the trailer. so it took us 5 hrs to get the trailer and then to get the car and take it back to my husband's work [so they can't tow it again out of spite] and then return the trailer. we have 3 children that had to sit in the car for that long, including an almost 3 mth old....
so in total we spent 10 hrs fighting to get our car back that should have NOT been towed to begin with and then had to pay and hassle to get it back. so how do we proceed? how much do we sue for? thoughts please!
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