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They can't tow a car with someone in it. So if they try to charge more jump in and call police.

Same had to take pics and get it knocked off my rent

Black Rabbit 100%💖

Ugh. Freaking parasites

This is the kind of stuff I’m talking about.

I’ve gotten lucky a number of times, once I got to my car right before it got hooked up in the lombardy Kroger parking lot, and the tow truck driver told me, “if I was 30 seconds late, it would’ve cost me $175 to get my car back”

Who knows what their bosses tell them, but a lot of these guys will convince you it’s too late

A. Yes

B. About as much as anyone else’s

C. I am young and the walk score around grace street is well into the 90’s. I’ve never had to have a car to work in Richmond. The bus system isn’t good, talk to grtc about it.

D. I’m not siding with any company, I just like to see people get towed

You would get towed because you left the premises. A few years ago I took a Polisci class and had to brief some cases and selected a few with this exact scenario where the car owners sued for having their cars towed even though they bought something from the establishment that owned the parking lot before or after walking to a place nearby. They all lost their cases.

Dude I have my own reasons for not searching it up myself, now do you know a place or not?

Oh so your story is the example of what everyone should do.

Hell I bet you think your shit doesn't stink either.

Debt trap of owning a car? You must be very young. The walking score of richmond is dog shit. You need a car if you want to have a job or do literally anything here. The alternative is wait for the bus which is only frequent in vcu area.

You need to understand that siding with a company over the people is never a smart move.

Look out for those spinning fire stick things folk. Contra dancing is no joke.

That whole area is some of the worst parking I have ever seen and it's all so vcu can force students to buy their parking pass. It's a grift.

I am both of those things, I just never fell into the debt trap of owning a car

And yes I do like watching people suffer.

You clearly are not low income or a struggling college student.

I sold everything I owned to go to college. If my car was towed I would have been fucked for a very long time.

But you don't care do you. Shit I bet you are the type of person that enjoys watching others suffer.

I mean, it’s a wide enough alley for someone to get by. Hazard lights can make anything a parking space.

OP there’s so many people who are like “just follow the rules!!” but don’t let them make you feel bad. It’s dumb for a car to get towed for parking somewhere for 5 minutes. Predatory towing companies are really terrible and SO expensive. The fact that towing companies charge $200+ is a total racket. And it’s a racket that hurts poor people way way more than anyone else which is bullshit.

And all the people who say “jUsT foLLoW tHE RuLeS” are boring af

Try not putting your private property on someone else private property

Yeah, theres this fanastic shop called "Search Bar"

Try empathy

The guys inside the 7-11 call and they come pronto.

The 7-11 tow truck charges $200+ to drop the car and it's completely illegal.

It's against the law to charge that much. If you get towed by them videotape it and go to Richmond Police. I read recently that the police are trying to go after them but they need people to report it.

My dad talks about losing VW bug for weeks a time in the fan only to have a friend tell him he saw his car at the tow lot when they got theirs.

He would just buy another bug instead of pay the fees lol

In the city of Richmond, it's no more than $40 per ordinance. They're allowed to charge you that much but no more.

This has been going on since my VCU days in they 2000s