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kildare.17hmr · 20-06-2012 07:35AM

irelandspurs wrote: »

Nice one them ***** clamped my wife at 9pm in naas,she was 8 months pregnant and pissing with rain,she paid the €6 euro all day parking behind her work like she does everyday but for some reason the machine only took €4 and she never bothered to check.She rang them to say she had no money on her but works in naas everyday and was pregnant could they remove it and she pay next morning.
Bloke on the phone told her to **** of and get a taxi and to not ring again until she had the money.:mad:

What they do normally is bad enough but thats just pure scum right there

John_D80 · 20-06-2012 07:39AM

No doubt this story will be told in work/school/college today by everyone who has read this thread.

Just when you've lost all faith in people in general, something like this happens. Well done lads. Well bloody done.

irelandspurs · 20-06-2012 07:41AM

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

What they do normally is bad enough but thats just pure scum right there

This was in december 2010 and was €120 to get it removed.

kildare.17hmr · 20-06-2012 07:45AM

irelandspurs wrote: »

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

What they do normally is bad enough but thats just pure scum right there

This was in december 2010 and was €120 to get it removed.

I think its still €120 in superquinn overflow and up the top end if the town accross from eurospar!

antodeco · 20-06-2012 08:13AM

This thread will also forever be known as the renaming of drummerboy to bummerboy

abouttobebanned · 20-06-2012 08:16AM

Non motors forum dude here...

Great thread lads! Well done to the protagonists!

20-06-2012 08:32AM

Good work lads,
Im also available for clamp removals around Naas if anybody needs a dig out/tools during evenings or weekends

Eggonyerface · 20-06-2012 08:37AM

I'd love to see this kind of thing happen on a large scale

thecomedian · 20-06-2012 08:38AM

What a great thread. Well done lads!

fletch · 20-06-2012 09:07AM

Would you lads consider running a night-class on clamp removal?

ShadowHearth · 20-06-2012 09:13AM

We could have a thread named "your local boards.ie clamp removers!".
Feck, I would even pay full price of clamp removing to a fella from boards.ie, then give it to those scumbags!

mickdw · 20-06-2012 09:13AM

Eggonyerface wrote: »

I'd love to see this kind of thing happen on a large scale

Well this is a good start. I have a feeling that if for example a few lads in naas started removing a lot of clamps, its not the cops or the courts system that would be involved, more a case of being threatened in the night by thugs to give it up given the type of scum that run these operations.

kildare.17hmr · 20-06-2012 09:27AM

mickdw wrote: »

Well this is a good start. I have a feeling that if for example a few lads in naas started removing a lot of clamps, its not the cops or the courts system that would be involved, more a case of being threatened in the night by thugs to give it up given the type of scum that run these operations.

Thugs that are intimidating to pregnant woman, young people, old people, people who dont know any better. These thugs would have been laughed at if they showed up last night and ill be handing back the clamp this evening with a big smile on my face

Bandara · 20-06-2012 09:35AM

Gary ITR wrote: »

For the record drummerboy stood snd watched, myself and kildare did the work!

Every job needs a leader, a management figure if you will

mickdw · 20-06-2012 09:37AM

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

mickdw wrote: »

Well this is a good start. I have a feeling that if for example a few lads in naas started removing a lot of clamps, its not the cops or the courts system that would be involved, more a case of being threatened in the night by thugs to give it up given the type of scum that run these operations.

Thugs that are intimidating to pregnant woman, young people, old people, people who dont know any better. These thugs would have been laughed at if they showed up last night and ill be handing back the clamp this evening with a big smile on my face

Absolutely. I'm just saying that if for example you became known as the guy who was closing them down by removing 5 or 6 clamps per day, you might well be visited by an even lower grade of scum than the clampers themselves. Don't underestimate the money spinner this is and what they would do to protect it. Again I'm only talking about the case where someone would go all out to destroy them.
In this case or any other random clamp removal, yes handing them the clamp would be quite funny.

ShadowHearth · 20-06-2012 10:14AM

Lads, do they use some special locks to hold the chain? Or some special key they have?

What if just cut the lock an buy new one in the shop for few quid. Surely they are not trying to put key inside as soon as you drop that on their table? If you feel generous you can even drop a key behind you lol.

fasttalkerchat · 20-06-2012 10:16AM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Lads, do they use some special locks to hold the chain? Or some special key they have?

What if just cut the lock an buy new one in the shop for few quid. Surely they are not trying to put key inside as soon as you drop that on their table? If you feel generous you can even drop a key behind you lol.

The reason why I said to buy a new lock is to show that you have put right any damage caused.
The lads here got the clamp off by removing the wheel from the ball-joint.

kildare.17hmr · 20-06-2012 10:17AM

The guards did say last night not to damage it because they could try do us for criminal damage. The locks are not cheap that they use and i would guess it would be cheaper to pay the declamp fee than buy a new one! Best to do no damage and stay on the right side of the law

UnknownSpecies · 20-06-2012 10:31AM

Lads, what we need is some training! Teach everyone how to do this and we can have people helping to remove these scumbag's clamps. If I had the know-how, I'd be happy to help people do this in Cork City/East Cork. Inspirational vigilantism in this thread.

Remove a man's clamp, free him for a day. Teach a man to remove a clamp, free him for a lifetime

Marlow · 20-06-2012 10:31AM

Please fill the lock with superglue before returning the clamp

It'll still be undamaged

/M

Jimmy Bottlehead · 20-06-2012 10:39AM

This was quality lads, fair play for helping the OP out and saving the clampers the hassle of removing the clamp.

whowantstwoknow · 20-06-2012 11:19AM

a_v525 wrote: »

Hey all you Naas dwellers, for future reference the multi-story in town (accross the road from where the OP parked) gives you 20mins free parking!

Have done it 4 times to go to the BOI up the road & have always been back in time.

actually you get 30mins, use it to drop kids to school. Just put the ticket in the machine upon leaving carpark on your errand and you then have 30mins to exit for free..

W.

Yawns · 20-06-2012 11:24AM

Marlow wrote: »

Please fill the lock with superglue before returning the clamp It'll still be undamaged

/M

Unfortunately that would be damaging the lock and as the guards have some details it would be a silly thing to do. Best to allow NCPS to collect the undamaged clamp and to smile at them. Get a pic if possible at all of handing it back and we'll add it to the list

Even if it's just the clamper walking away back to his van with clamp in hand will do. It will round the story off perfectly.

kildare.17hmr · 20-06-2012 11:35AM

Ag ok ill bring a camera man with me so, not a bad idea tho just to prove it went back to the guards if they ask

20-06-2012 11:35AM

If you are going to remove a clamp you better be sure what you are doing. Although you are being a good samaritan, if you cause any damage to the car in the process, it could get nasty!

Dymo · 20-06-2012 11:36AM

I'm guessing this is somewhat how last night went down, minus the polish accents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHwKLhIpa94

pred racer · 20-06-2012 11:38AM

Yawns wrote: »

Unfortunately that would be damaging the lock and as the guards have some details it would be a silly thing to do. Best to allow NCPS to collect the undamaged clamp and to smile at them. Get a pic if possible at all of handing it back and we'll add it to the list

Even if it's just the clamper walking away back to his van with clamp in hand will do. It will round the story off perfectly.

Or somebody walking into the office clamp in hand with the caption

"excuse me, I found this beside my car I think it might be yours":D

Anan1 · 20-06-2012 11:38AM

How long did it take one clamper to put the clamp on? And how long did it take you lot to get there, remove the wheel, crawl under the car, disassemble the suspension to remove the clamp, put it all back together, go home, and get yourselves cleaned up afterwards? And you think you won?? All you did was save the OP the trouble of carrying a 50c coin to pay for parking in the first place.

Gary ITR · 20-06-2012 11:41AM

Anan1 wrote: »

How long did it take one clamper to put the clamp on? And how long did it take you lot to get there, remove the wheel, crawl under the car, disassemble the suspension to remove the clamp, put it all back together, go home, and get yourselves cleaned up afterwards? And you think you won?? All you did was save the OP the trouble of carrying a 50c coin to pay for parking in the first place.

You really are a miserable sod sometimes. These clampers are bullys, I've seen first hand how aggressive they have been so me hiving up 40 minutes of my time to get one over was well worth it

Anan1 · 20-06-2012 11:42AM

Gary ITR wrote: »

You really are a miserable sod sometimes. These clampers are bullys, I've seen first hand how aggressive they have been so me hiving up 40 minutes of my time to get one over was well worth it

I'm just telling you how it is. OP saved 50c, and you lot spent your evening under a carvan. But hey, whatever floats your boat.

Clamped!

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