AAA M Wrecker Service, Inc. Towed my truck at 2:30 am in the parking lot where I LIVED Houston, Texas
I live in a small apartment complex in the Montrose area of Houston. I have another vehicle that was in the shop (with the parking permit on the windshield), so I was using a temporary vehicle to get me to work and my son to school. The temporary vehicle has been on the property and seen by many people since I loved in the complex over two months ago, so it was not a vehicle noone had seen before.
At 2:30 am, these vultures stalked the parking lot when I was sleeping and towed the temporary vehicle I was driving. I walked out of my apartment in the morning to go to work and drop my son off to school and the truck was gone! They do this in the middle of the night with no regard for the people's lives they are meddling in and causing problems for.
Why can't they do it earlier in the evening and knock on the doors of the people in the apartments, to ask if the vehicle belongs to a resident who lives there? There are only 14 apts. on the property I live in, so that would not have been so hard to do. They do this in them middle of the night when people are sleeping like VULTURES, so they can rip people off and get money for towing a vehicle that belongs to someone who lived on the property.
The way this company operates is unethical and inhumane. There is a way to do things that will not cause life problems for the people you are inconveniencing, such as being late for work, etc but they choose to, instead, act like animals and have someone's car impounded for NO reason. We had to pay over $300.00 to get my truck back. As someone on a tight budget, this caused me even more hardship.
They need to be put out of business.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Not a VULTURE
Houston,Texas,
United States of America
I did nothing wrong. I LIVE THERE. The management office had no other permits
#5Author of original report
Thu, May 24, 2012
The management office had no other permits and gave me the run around to contact the supervisor or maintenance to chase him around and get another one. I work full time and don't have time to chase someone around for another parking permit. If they cared so much about their property they would have people on these grounds taking care of the place, which I NEVER SEE. Why stalk the parking lot at 2:30 am to tow someone's car? Yeah, the tow truck drivers "never" do anything wrong, do they? As a tenant who pays my rent every month, I was NOT parked illegally. I live there. I learned my lesson and will steer clear of VULTURE tow truck drivers who have nothing better to do than to stalk parking lots at 2:30 in the morning to tow honest people's cars.
MartyMarsh
Stillwater,Pennsylvania,
United States of America
Waiting untill the middle of the night?
#5General Comment
Thu, May 24, 2012
300 bucks on top of a person wakes up to go to work and there is no car there.Yes that is fine and up standing.They did nothing wrong,I think everyone should have to pay 300 bucks an hour for any service they are provided,or if it only took him a half hour to drop the car at his lot that is even better,that would be 600 dollars an hour.There is a big difference between integrity and rape.
Jeb
Crete,Illinois,
U.S.A.
You broke the rules
#5Consumer Comment
Wed, May 23, 2012
The towing company is hired by your apartment complex to tow vehicles that are parked illegally. (No sticker in window.) You should have gotten a parking permit for your "temporary car" instead of risking getting towed. The towing company did nothing wrong. You did by parking illegally.
MartyMarsh
Stillwater,Pennsylvania,
United States of America
Amazing.
#5General Comment
Wed, May 23, 2012
Well i will state the obvious here,if they did it the way you suggested they wouldn't make any money.The only thing they care about is the almighty dollar and right or wrong don't fit in to there plans.