Clamped!

goz83

I for one will never, ever pay another private clamping fee again, unless I know I am genuinely in the wrong and there are clearly visible signs and rules and the fee is €60 or less. Anything else and it's scumbag thuggery. Oh, and for the hassle, I will keep the clamp!

"clamp on my wheel....? no...sure how did I get my car home?"

senordingdong

Lads, what size bolt cutters would be needed to snip a link in the chain? Would 18" do the trick or would 24" be better?

senordingdong

senordingdong wrote: »

Lads, what size bolt cutters would be needed to snip a link in the chain? Would 18" do the trick or would 24" be better?

I think you mitmneed a 36". Earlier, i think it was mentioned about what size a bolt cutters was used to cut off clamp.

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Deleted User wrote: »

I think you mitmneed a 36". Earlier, i think it was mentioned about what size a bolt cutters was used to cut off clamp.

Would this do it?

http://www.buy4now.ie/woodiesdiy/productdetail.aspx?pid=13075&loc=P&catid=11.2.13

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Also, they claim to be able to remove the car.

What if someone just left the car there clamped indefinitely, what then? Surely that's a bluff and they actually can't remove the car or it's car theft.

Our man in Havana

They are not stupid enough to remove the car. That much is theft.

fasttalkerchat

nm wrote: »

Also, they claim to be able to remove the car.

What if someone just left the car there clamped indefinitely, what then? Surely that's a bluff and they actually can't remove the car or it's car theft.

They take their clamp back so they can use it on another car. Unless its the council, in which case you're losing your car and if you remove the clamp they can still get you.

nxbyveromdwjpg

Tried to order this from amazon but they won't deliver it to Ireland.

Woodies don't have one big enough, does anyone know where I could get one in Ireland or somewhere that will deliver to Ireland? (At a reasonable price)

Kenny Logins

nm wrote: »

Tried to order this from amazon but they won't deliver it to Ireland.

Woodies don't have one big enough, does anyone know where I could get one in Ireland or somewhere that will deliver to Ireland? (At a reasonable price)

No idea. Just Googled.

http://www.iedepot.ie/bolt_cutters_steel_cutters/bolt_cutters_30_/

nm

nm wrote: »

Tried to order this from amazon but they won't deliver it to Ireland.

Woodies don't have one big enough, does anyone know where I could get one in Ireland or somewhere that will deliver to Ireland? (At a reasonable price)

Use ParcelMotel, if you in/around Dublin.

http://www.parcelmotel.com


A thread on here about the service, which get first 2 delivers free, great service.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056698663

inforfun

nm wrote: »

Tried to order this from amazon but they won't deliver it to Ireland.

Woodies don't have one big enough, does anyone know where I could get one in Ireland or somewhere that will deliver to Ireland? (At a reasonable price)

Deleted User wrote: »

Use ParcelMotel, if you in/around Dublin.

http://www.parcelmotel.com




A thread on here about the service, which get first 2 delivers free, great service.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056698663

Looks too big to fit in one of those parcelmotel boxes.
So you end up picking it up in Finglas.

username123

Legendary thread and most informative re the legality of removing such devices.

A friend was recently clamped by a private company and she phoned the clamping company and explained that she was waiting on someone to remove the clamp. When the guy arrived she calmly claimed she had no credit card, no cash, was on the dole and simply could not afford 120 euro to remove the clamp and that she was very sorry but if they couldnt see fit to remove it she would have to leave the car there indefinitely.

The guy cursed and swore a number of times but clearly reckoned he was on a loser with it as her car was an old heap of junk anyway and she was really nice and apologetic about it all but simply shrugged that she didnt have the funds and if they wished to take her to court that would be fine, because she would have no problem telling the judge about her lack of funds either.

He must have reckoned she was a bad target for extortion, he removed the clamp and awaited his next victim instead.

Squ

username123 wrote: »

Legendary thread and most informative re the legality of removing such devices.

A friend was recently clamped by a private company and she phoned the clamping company and explained that she was waiting on someone to remove the clamp. When the guy arrived she calmly claimed she had no credit card, no cash, was on the dole and simply could not afford 120 euro to remove the clamp and that she was very sorry but if they couldnt see fit to remove it she would have to leave the car there indefinitely.

The guy cursed and swore a number of times but clearly reckoned he was on a loser with it as her car was an old heap of junk anyway and she was really nice and apologetic about it all but simply shrugged that she didnt have the funds and if they wished to take her to court that would be fine, because she would have no problem telling the judge about her lack of funds either.

He must have reckoned she was a bad target for extortion, he removed the clamp and awaited his next victim instead.

A friend of mine told me the same story.. And when i told my tale to my dad, he told me he heard something similar..

I wonder if we all know the same person?

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

My car is currently clamped. Worth of car is about 200 quid, the price of 2 days clamped. Its been clamped for 4 days now. Gonna ring them tomorrow and inform them that I will never pay the declamp fee as it outprices the actual value of the car, and that if they try and remove my car I will report them to the guards.

My car is an absolute wreck, wonder how long the management company will want it stinking up the estate its clamped in. I can go months without my car, don't really need it. Its basically a stand off, and I reckon they need the parking space/clamp more than I need my car.

Half tempted to draw a huge penis on both sides of my car, the residents of the estate will not like this one bit. Its my property though, and the car doesn't have long left for this world one way or the other.

Reg'stoy

Yeah but surely if you draw two knobs on the side of the car, will your neighbours not know exactly who owns it.

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

Reg'stoy wrote: »

Yeah but surely if you draw two knobs on the side of the car, will your neighbours not know exactly who owns it.

Don't live in the estate, was visiting my girlfriend and my visitors pass expired by an hour. Clamped. ****.

SuperInfinity

Why would the clamp company care about the estate?

This idea of some kind of catch-22 situation for the clamp company when you don't collect your car all seems a bit too fantastic for me. Shur why can't they just call up the relevant government authority about the car to have it removed and sold for scrap, the clamp company might even get a cut of it.

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

SuperInfinity wrote: »

Why would the clamp company care about the estate?

This idea of some kind of catch-22 situation for the clamp company when you don't collect your car all seems a bit too fantastic for me. Shur why can't they just call up the relevant government authority about the car to have it removed and sold for scrap, the clamp company might even get a cut of it.

This outcome would also be fine with me, save me doing it myself and the cost required. Doubt they would though. They are private, not government operated. You can't just go around scrapping peoples cars if they don't pay.

The clamp company is hired by the management company of the estate, who I think would care about an abandoned, ****e car in their estate for a few months.

username123

Squ wrote: »

A friend of mine told me the same story.. And when i told my tale to my dad, he told me he heard something similar..

I wonder if we all know the same person?

Id say its more likely that people do manage to get clamps removed by claiming poverty. Possibly depends on where they are clamped. In my friends case it was in an area that only has 6 parking spaces, so to leave her car permanently parked there would be a right pain.

Squ

username123 wrote: »

Squ wrote: »

A friend of mine told me the same story.. And when i told my tale to my dad, he told me he heard something similar..

I wonder if we all know the same person?

Id say its more likely that people do manage to get clamps removed by claiming poverty. Possibly depends on where they are clamped. In my friends case it was in an area that only has 6 parking spaces, so to leave her car permanently parked there would be a right pain.

Touché.

Stark

username123 wrote: »

Id say its more likely that people do manage to get clamps removed by claiming poverty.

I'd say this is the most likely response to claiming poverty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owzhYNcd4OM

Yawns

SuperInfinity wrote: »

This idea of some kind of catch-22 situation for the clamp company when you don't collect your car all seems a bit too fantastic for me. Shur why can't they just call up the relevant government authority about the car to have it removed and sold for scrap, the clamp company might even get a cut of it.

Erm you are kidding right? It's hard for the council/litter wardens to remove abandoned cars as it is without them trying to remove cars that are not abandoned, just clamped and an owner refusing to pay.

If the car is taxed and insured the guards/council/wardens won't care and won't touch it. If it's not taxed and insured the guards *might* be interested in sending a letter to the owner. If it has reg plates expect about 6 months of waiting for the council to get in touch via post. All it takes is 1 letter or phonecall from owner to say not abandoned and forget about it.

Our man in Havana

Once the knuckle draggers realise they won't be getting their extortion money they will move on to their next victim.

galwaytt

SuperInfinity wrote: »

.... Shur why can't they just call up the relevant government authority about the car to have it removed and sold for scrap, the clamp company might even get a cut of it.

.....'government authority' for removing cars ? With all due respect, what ARE you smoking ? !

...LOL.....

SuperInfinity

galwaytt wrote: »

.....'government authority' for removing cars ? With all due respect, what ARE you smoking ? !

...LOL.....

There is a government authority that oversees the removal of cars.

endacl

SuperInfinity wrote: »

There is a government authority that oversees the removal of cars.

From public roads....

SuperInfinity

endacl wrote: »

From public roads....

... and private property....

Protecting a person's property is a function of government.

username123

SuperInfinity wrote: »

... and private property....

Protecting a person's property is a function of government.

No. You can have your own car removed by the council and scrapped - there is a collection fee if you cant bring it to them yourself. But you must have the log book.

You cannot simply phone up and ask for a clamped car to be removed. If it has current tax/insurance/nct discs there is no way the guards or anyone else will pay any attention to it. If the tax/insurance/nct are out of date but the car has registration plates, then there is still an avenue for searching for the owner.

As you say - Protecting a persons property is a function of the government - that includes cars that have all their documentation in order. If you removes someones car because it is clamped, its theft. Not to mention the fact that there would be a cost involved in removing it - and who will pay that?

Tallon

niallo24 wrote: »

My car is currently clamped. Worth of car is about 200 quid, the price of 2 days clamped. Its been clamped for 4 days now. Gonna ring them tomorrow and inform them that I will never pay the declamp fee as it outprices the actual value of the car, and that if they try and remove my car I will report them to the guards.

My car is an absolute wreck, wonder how long the management company will want it stinking up the estate its clamped in. I can go months without my car, don't really need it. Its basically a stand off, and I reckon they need the parking space/clamp more than I need my car.

Half tempted to draw a huge penis on both sides of my car, the residents of the estate will not like this one bit. Its my property though, and the car doesn't have long left for this world one way or the other.

Sign your log book over to me and I'll remove them clamp and get a free car out of it If you're really not that interested

Yawns

And then we'll set it up as a boards.ie piss off the clampers mobile?

You can drop it around various privately clamped car parks just to see how long it takes for each individual company to remove clamps after periods of no contact with them about removal. After that then you can start a tally of how many clamps you can get.