Another thread about clamp removal

CardinalJ

Been clamped in my own apartment block. Parked outside a designated space. I've parked in it most days for three years, without any notes about it.

Private clamping company have decided it's an easy €120 and I want them to go f*** themselves.

Question is this, how much would a mechanic charge to come out and remove it (without damaging it). It looks like you could just remove some suspension with a socket wrench and a jack? Is it this easy?

I've already told them I'd cut it off in a rage, so I'd rather not seeing as they know my phone number and could trace me through the management company.

Opinions?

btkm8unsl0w5r4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6-Wby_8V10

CardinalJ

And now I'm embarrassed on the internet. Bad to worse.

Can a mod change? Will show you my clam in exchange.



Mod note: title change from
Another thread about clam removal
to
Another thread about clamp removal

Bigus

Use plenty of Mussel power .

Jawgap

Pay the fine.....

......don't be shellfish!!!

vandriver

Jawgap wrote: »

Pay the fine.....

......don't be shellfish!!!

Isn't it whelk for you,having that much cash

bricky06

If it was me, I'd just shell out the money

colm_mcm

Just pay the few squid to get it taken off

Renegade Mechanic

Let the car go altogether op. Plenty more fish in the sea.

Smondie

Were you parked in your desiginated parking plaice?

oscar2

http://blog.micksgarage.com/how-to-remove-a-clamp-what-should-you-do-if-clamped/

Says fine is capped at €100.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Take them to the small clams court. But when your in front of the judge dont clam up, Clam down, compose yourself and explain yourself in a cool, clam and collected manner, that you were parked legally. They clam'nt argue with that. As the clament in the case you are entitled to clampensation.

CardinalJ

oscar2 wrote: »

http://blog.micksgarage.com/how-to-remove-a-clamp-what-should-you-do-if-clamped/

Says fine is capped at €100.

Read that, thanks, it says that if no maximum charge is prescribed, but the clamp company say it's €120. So I'm not sure if that means its prescribed or not.

ianobrien

OP, if you don't need to use the boat, leave it parked for a couple days. I know of cars clamped by private clampers (not local authority) and then a few days later they came back to remove the clamp. No money was paid but when the clampers realised no money was being paid, they took it off.

If you post your general area, some boards may be along who can "make the problem go away" for the price of a few beers.

Cheensbo

If I was you I'd hope a passer by comes past with a bolt cutters, removes the clamp and then makes it disappear.

That's what I'd be hoping anyway.

XR3i

CardinalJ wrote: »

Been clamped in my own apartment block. Parked outside a designated space. I've parked in it most days for three years, without any notes about it.

Private clamping company have decided it's an easy €120 and I want them to go f*** themselves.

Question is this, how much would a mechanic charge to come out and remove it (without damaging it). It looks like you could just remove some suspension with a socket wrench and a jack? Is it this easy?

I've already told them I'd cut it off in a rage, so I'd rather not seeing as they know my phone number and could trace me through the management company.

Opinions?

what part of the country are you in, if your not too far away i''l bring down a con-sawe and makle a thousand bits of the clamp

colm_mcm

If the OP lives in this apartment complex, cutting off the clamp won't be the end of it.

CardinalJ

colm_mcm wrote: »

If the OP lives in this apartment complex, cutting off the clamp won't be the end of it.

Plus I've already gone mad at them over the phone and threatened to do so. But if I remove it, it should be different.

Guy:Incognito

oscar2 wrote: »

http://blog.micksgarage.com/how-to-remove-a-clamp-what-should-you-do-if-clamped/

Says fine is capped at €100.

Thats wrong though. It was being discussed on the radio the other day, people writing the articles arent reading the legislation properly. Something about it being capped at €100 if a fee isnt agreed beforehand (signs etc) But if they agree a fee they can set it differently.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

I've been clamped twice before. Angle grinder came in handy on both occasions. Left the clamp on the side of the road. Never heard anything after. Clampers can suck my left one.

sunnysoutheast

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Thats wrong though. It was being discussed on the radio the other day, people writing the articles arent reading the legislation properly. Something about it being capped at €100 if a fee isnt agreed beforehand (signs etc) But if they agree a fee they can set it differently.

Wasn't it that it will be signed into law that private clampers can't charge more than the LA as soon as the TDs are back from summer recess?

On another note did the guy in the Focus in that link just drive off with the clamp attached?

nice_guy80

sunnysoutheast wrote: »

Wasn't it that it will be signed into law that private clampers can't charge more than the LA as soon as the TDs are back from summer recess?

On another note did the guy in the Focus in that link just drive off with the clamp attached?

shouldn't be allowed charge anything

there is no law to cover clamping on private property

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Its not a clamity just yet, dont make the clampers your anemones, just let minnow a few details. Were you allowed in the carp ark, or just there for the halibut, any fin is possible?
Is this your plaice of a fronds? Dont remove the clamp they might be withing their rights to batter you. You would think "this scampi happening to me" so dolphinitely think twice, it doesnt take a brain sturgeon to figure that out.

colm_mcm

sunnysoutheast wrote: »

Wasn't it that it will be signed into law that private clampers can't charge more than the LA as soon as the TDs are back from summer recess?

On another note did the guy in the Focus in that link just drive off with the clamp attached?

It's a Megane, the front wings are plastic on them

Clamp probably worth more than the car

Guy:Incognito

nice_guy80 wrote: »

shouldn't be allowed charge anything

there is no law to cover clamping on private property

Course they should. People should be allowed to set rules for the use of their own property.

CardinalJ

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Course they should. People should be allowed to set rules for the use of their own property.

If rules were actually enforced I'd agree. Deciding after three years to go in and clamP 7 cars is sickening.

Easy €840 quid.

colm_mcm

These things are often management company fees related

Guy:Incognito

CardinalJ wrote: »

If rules were actually enforced I'd agree. Deciding after three years to go in and clamP 7 cars is sickening.

Easy €840 quid.

Maybe they got sick of people taking the piss? All this proves is that people cant be trusted to self police, hence the need for enforcement.

CardinalJ

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Maybe they got sick of people taking the piss? All this proves is that people cant be trusted to self police, hence the need for enforcement.

If I had a note even once saying not to park there I wouldn't have.

I'm not suggesting any kind of self policing, I'm seeing if I can save €120 that I don't have to spend.

Damien360

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Maybe they got sick of people taking the piss? All this proves is that people cant be trusted to self police, hence the need for enforcement.

Clamp those not in a designated space makes sense.

Saw the same in Newbridge years ago. Every match day in town a line of cars would park and block in the residents of an apartment block. I was one of the residents. The owners put signs up, nobody cared, they came out to stop it, nobody cared, then the clampers were employed and they hit a long line of cars. From then on nobody even dares to park in there. Guaranteed not a single person that is not a resident there will go near the place. Out of there 15 years and on a match day it is still clear. Don't remember seeing any clampers coming back since. No need to.

The OP situation sounds like a resident finally snapped and it will be dealt with.

CardinalJ

Damien360 wrote: »

Clamp those not in a designated space makes sense.

Saw the same in Newbridge years ago. Every match day in town a line of cars would park and block in the residents of an apartment block. I was one of the residents. The owners put signs up, nobody cared, they came out to stop it, nobody cared, then the clampers were employed and they hit a long line of cars. From then on nobody even dares to park in there. Guaranteed not a single person that is not a resident there will go near the place. Out of there 15 years and on a match day it is still clear. Don't remember seeing any clampers coming back since. No need to.

The OP situation sounds like a resident finally snapped and it will be dealt with.

Your situation in Newbridge nothing like this. If I'd had or seen a note on my car once I wouldn't have parked there.

Damien360

CardinalJ wrote: »

Your situation in Newbridge nothing like this. If I'd had or seen a note on my car once I wouldn't have parked there.

There must be signs up about parking in designated space or clamping company signs. Why would you get a note ?

CardinalJ

There is a sign but also non designated areas that people have always parked in without issue.

I've lived here for three years and was told by neighbours who have lived here for longer, as well as my landlord, that there are only cars clamped if they are in someones space. Neighbours also pointed the non designated areas out to me when I moved in. Cars have parked in them since the complex was built.
These are areas that cause no blockage. Some of these areas are places that used to be used for wheelie bin storage etc but haven't been used for years.

A member of the management company used to park in one of them until he had a space painted around it and assigned the number to himself...

I know they'll reject any appeal due to the sign, but it's the sudden change in policy without notice that is annoying me.

savagethegoat

just pay the fin, otherwise the cost could be off the scale. You'd have to plead gillty.

CardinalJ

savagethegoat wrote: »

just pay the fin, otherwise the cost could be off the scale. You'd have to plead gillty.

I've till after 4 before 24 hours expires.

Called the management company this AM. Apparently they've a problem with people who haven't paid their management fees. What that means is that one of the directors who lives on site, would have called the clamp company to clamp a car that was parked in it's allocated spot, however when the clampers are there they decided to clamp everyone who was parked in the normal undesignated spaces.

I asked him was there a change in policy regarding the common areas and he said not really, but when the clampers are called he couldn't comment on what they'll do. Which is obviously, clamp everything they can.

mikeecho

how about removing the clamp.. and parking elsewhere.
or putting false plates on your car when you park in an area that is not a public place under the road traffic act 1964 to 201x as amended

no sign of your car, no sign of the clamp.

see what happens

Renegade Mechanic

Get a set of these under yer car.

I'd like to see them clamp those...

josip

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

Get a set of these under yer car.

I'd like to see them clamp those...

They'd use a barnacle instead of a clam for that

kirving

I wonder would the attempt that with a car that had a crack in the screen? I know hundreds of pounds of force can be generated by relatively little pressure over a large area, but I really don't like the idea of messing around with a windscreen.

Pat Dunne

OSI wrote: »

That sounds incredibly illegal.

It it was agreed at the AGM of the Management Company to introduce clamping, then it is perfectly legal, as the Mangement Company is owned by all the home owners of the Apartment Development.

If this was not agreed at the Management Company AGM, then it is illegal!

Please do not confuse the Management Company which is owned by all the Home Owners. With the Management Company Agents, who are employed on a contractual basis by the Management Company (the Home Owners).

galwaytt

Pat Dunne wrote: »

It it was agreed at the AGM of the Management Company to introduce clamping, then it is perfectly legal, as the Mangement Company is owned by all the home owners of the Apartment Development.

If this was not agreed at the Management Company AGM, then it is illegal!

Please do not confuse the Management Company which is owned by all the Home Owners. With the Management Company Agents, who are employed on a contractual basis by the Management Company (the Home Owners).

I dunno about that: your parking space, whether assigned or not is part your property deed. A couple of cranky residents have zero power to countermand such an instrument. ..

josip

galwaytt wrote: »

I dunno about that: your parking space, whether assigned or not is part your property deed. A couple of cranky residents have zero power to countermand such an instrument. ..

Usually it's leased rather than owned outright.
And the lease would contain provision for decisions taken at AGM/EGM.

Del2005

galwaytt wrote: »

I dunno about that: your parking space, whether assigned or not is part your property deed. A couple of cranky residents have zero power to countermand such an instrument. ..

In a MUD the only thing you own is the air between the outside walls, everything else is owned by the OMC and they lease it to you.

BnB

Get a bolt cutters and cut the clamp off.

If they ask you who who cut it off, tell them you don't know.

There is no way in hell they are going to take you to court for it. They know they haven't a legal leg to stand on.