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Mad-Lad-of-RVA t1_jdtzsru wrote

Reply to comment by BureauOfBureaucrats in Towing at the VCU 7/11 by Allkin06

I'm splitting hairs here, but there are auto body shops with tow trucks that don't exclusively do roadside assistance and that aren't necessarily unethical.

But yeah, I worked in emergency road service for a very well-known insurer, and even the emergency road service providers are usually unethical assholes. Most were assholes on the phone, would nickel and dime everyone they could for anything they could (and some things they couldn't), wouldn't stick to their ETAs, would drop cars in wrong places, etc.

I still would trust those emergency road service companies over predatory towing companies like Siebert's Towing, or like whatever company it is that OP mentioned.

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richmondtrash t1_jdtvn2s wrote

Reply to comment by lukebwalls in Towing at the VCU 7/11 by Allkin06

Try living behind a restaurant where people park in the fire lane, blocking the exit of your neighborhood, even though there are six open parking spaces in the back of the restaurant but they can’t be bothered to walk an extra 30 seconds for a “15 minute pick up”. And then tell me there’s no way this can be an inconvenience to people

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lukebwalls t1_jdtupqc wrote

Reply to comment by I_Got_A_Truck in Towing at the VCU 7/11 by Allkin06

So I’m assuming you never drive a single mph over the speed limit and always turn your signal on 400ft before you make your turn? Or can we agree that there’s absolutely discretion on rules/laws this trivial?

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I_Got_A_Truck t1_jdtuhpu wrote

Reply to comment by lukebwalls in Towing at the VCU 7/11 by Allkin06

Just because the rules are bullshit doesn't mean anyone has any justification in ignoring them. The rules and the consequences for breaking them are plainly stated.

The people parking there are knowingly gambling their transportation and money. These people trying to blame ANYONE else is what is disgusting.

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lukebwalls t1_jdtrojw wrote

Reply to comment by shalomfromus in Towing at the VCU 7/11 by Allkin06

Honestly, and I swear I’m not trying to be reductive, because the rules are bullshit. There’s no way ANYONE is legitimately inconvenienced by someone spending 15 extra minutes parked to grab a pickup order. No one is sitting here arguing you should be able to park your car there like it’s a private lot for as long as you please, but it’s just petty bullshit and money grabbing evil to tow someone for that short of a stop. Are you telling me you truly want everyone to pull out of 7-11, turn around, find parking again, to only be back out of the car for 10 minutes?

It may not seem a lot of money to you or some people, but being stranded without your car and having to scrape together 200 dollars to get it back is absolutely debilitating for some people, and to do it over something so absolutely trivial is nothing short of disgusting.

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Allkin06 OP t1_jdtpn7x wrote

Reply to comment by Plusqueca in Towing at the VCU 7/11 by Allkin06

Dude that's what I'm saying, thanks for saying that. I just stopped replying to all the towing company simps after getting down voted for expressing my opinion lol

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PercyDovetonsils t1_jdtlszx wrote

Reply to RVA Honest Mechanic by HolyPotato2020

The most honest mechanic I’ve used is Fritz’s Car Care. There have been occasions when I was convinced my car needed an expensive repair (sometimes after having been told that by another mechanic) and Fritz told me it was a simple, inexpensive fix. It got to the point that I told him to fix everything that made sense, and he would still call before fixing it to to discuss with me the things that need to be fixed right away and those that could wait. He once even told me to stop bringing one of my cars to him because it wasn’t worth fixing anymore, even though he could have continued to repair it and get paid. Definitely a stand-up guy.

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Givn_to_fly t1_jdtlhkv wrote

Reply to Tattoo Recommendations? by BigWangCly

The one piece of advice I can give, is go in with an idea, and let the tattoo artist create you a piece based on your idea. You end up with a much better piece of art.

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