So I Got Clamped

chops018

I'm putting this in AH because I like the witty responses. But if a mod is unhappy then move/delete/close etc.

So, I usually pay for weekly parking every Sunday, but I forgot this Sunday.

Dunno how I got away with it yesterday but today when I got back my car was clamped. Plus, I've to wait an hour and a half for yer man to come release it.

It's €8.00 a week or €30.00 a month.

The release fee is €120.00 :eek:

The guy on the phone said I should appeal because he can see on the history I always pay every week and the fact I've to wait an hour and a half will help. He didn't guarantee anything but reckons I might get a partial refund.

What ye reckon? Would ye appeal or just learn from the mistake?

PizzamanIRL

Appeal, obviously. You either get some money back or you don't. That's it really.

Banjo String

Don't pay the bastards a penny.

I had a similar thread earlier in the year. Yeah, fair enough I paid, but only cos I had two small babies with me.

Get someone to come to you with good quality bolt cutters, or bottles of oxygen/acetylene. ( or just pm Tail Docker)

Oh, and in before the high horse brigade. :pac:

kneemos

Appeal and learn from your mistake.

Tail Docker

€8 a week sounds cheap, €120, not so much. 8 that.

Donkey Oaty

chops018 wrote: »

It's €8.00 a week or €30.00 a month.

Where is this? I want to park there.

Banjo String

Tail Docker wrote: »

€8 a week sounds cheap, €120, not so much. 8 that.

Jesus I'll swear this man has clamped thread bat signal alert:pac:

Mikros

Don't bother appealing, it will go absolutely nowhere. Once they have your money they are gone. Clamper man probably just telling you that so you don't rip his head off when he gets there for making you wait an an hour and half.

chops018

I'd love to cut it off but there is camera's everywhere and I'd say if I did that I wouldn't be able to park there again.....

I suppose just chance an appeal, might get it cut in half due to being a regular customer!

I''m raging to be honest.

Just got near €1,000.00 tax back last week but I didn't think it would be being spent on this!!

The guy on the phone said he see's people regularly get partial refunds.

moc moc a moc

chops018 wrote: »

Would ye appeal

If you have nothing to lose, then why not?

Sir Osis of Liver.

A fella working for a clamping firm told me if it ever happens to me to leave the air out of the tyre and the clamp will just slip off.
(jack up the car first obviously)

Worth a try anyway.

Gongoozler

Ha ha

Cienciano

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

A fella working for a clamping firm told me if it ever happens to me to leave the air out of the tyre and the clamp will just slip off.
(jack up the car first obviously)

Worth a try anyway.

Depends on how its clamped

Lapin

chops018 wrote: »

I''m raging to be honest.

Just got near €1,000.00 tax back last week but I didn't think it would be being spent on this!!

Don't get mad. Get even.

Use some of your rebate to get the bastards at their own game.

Tail Docker

Banjo String wrote: »

Jesus I'll swear this man has clamped thread bat signal alert:pac:

I use the same service you have set-up for water threads.

Cantremember

Banjo String wrote: »

Oh, and in before the high horse brigade. :pac:

Shrewd. They can't clamp a horse.

Lapin

Newcastle West - Yesterday.

Mickey H

Well, you won't fcuking park there again!

Seriously, try the appeal. Might go nowhere, but you'll never know unless you try it.

Cpt Sh!t Craic

chops018 wrote:

The guy on the phone said he see's people regularly get partial refunds.

That's just a line of bull they feed people to calm them down and get them off the phone sooner.

Try if you want but I'm positive it's just an exercise in futility.

I carry a bolt cutters in the boot, just in case I ever forget to pay for parking! lol

arybvtcw0eolkf

My facebook has regular updates (with photos) of my illegal de-clamping services.

I wouldn't pay these bastards one red cent.

NotCominBack

Use your 1000 to go out and purchase 3 clamps, put them on the other 3 wheels. That'll show the fcukers

Capt'n Midnight

put superglue in the lock and go mental when they can't release you, bonus points if you gunk up all the other locks too


where's anglegrinderman when you need him ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3112670.stm

nxbyveromdwjpg

Is it the council clampers or private clamper?

No point in appealing, 'I normally pay' is hardly going to be accepted.

Caliden

If it's council you'll have to pay, no questions.

If it's private I'd be hesitant.


Do you need the car any time soon? If it's private you could just leave the clamp on the car indefinitely as there's been quite a few stories on the motoring forum of the clampers just removing the clamp as it could be used somewhere else.

skywalker

To those saying just appeal as you have nothing to lose.

Its an extra fee for the appeal, & the appeals board is made up of people working for the clamping company. Its just a way of screwing you for more money after the fact.

jd007

One of my favourite threads on boards.

MadYaker

There is a way to remove the clamp without damaging it but if there are cameras you might not get away with it. I managed it once. Got a mechanic friend of mine to remove the wheel and part of the axle so we could slide the chain off and then put the wheel back on. I called them and told them I had removed the clamp so I wouldn't be paying the release fee, and they had better come and get the clamp because I was leaving. The guy said if there was any damage to the clamp there would be criminal proceedings. I said that's grand and hung up, never heard from them again.