- Report: #554891
Complaint Review: Bruffy's Tow - Marina Del Rey California
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JoelX -
Venice, California, United States of America
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Bruffy's Tow
4140 Glencoe Avenue Marina Del Rey, 90292 California, United States of America
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Bruffy's Tow Marina Del Rey, CA Bruffy's towing Is Bruffy's Tow Marina Del Rey Scamming Tourists & Motorists? Marina Del Rey, California
I recently moved to Los Angeles, CA from Washington state and my car still has Washington plates. I have reason to believe that Bruffy's Tow in Marina Del Rey, CA is a crooked company running a scam on out of state people because Bruffy's believes they are visitors to the beach and won't be here long enough to protest.
Twice in the last week my car has been towed by this company from street parking that is usually legal. Both times I was cited for having parked in a temporary tow zone on an ordinary city street. The first time, it was my fault. There was some sort of a marathon and they temporarily banned parking.
The second tow by Bruffy's Marina Del Rey Tow came today. I had parked my car legally on Main street in Venice, CA at 10 pm at night. Because I had just been towed a couple days before I very carefully looked around. No signs, no cones, perfectly legal spot. I walked home and went to bed.
Tonight I cheerfully walked out to get my car to go to dinner with Levi when I arrived at my spot on Main St. and it was empty. There were two cones on either side of where I had parked and a sign that said no parking from 7am to 10 pm. Neither the signs nor the cones were there last night at 10 pm. By law, tow companies/parking enforcement officers are required to give at least 24 hours notice for a temporary tow zone.
Either someone forgot to put up the signs like they were supposed to at least 24 hours in advance and towed me anyways or Bruffy's Marina Del Rey Tow company has set up a scam to take advantage of tourists.
I recommend Los Angeles thoroughly investigate Bruffy's towing and the Santa Monica police department for potential conflict of interest and underhanded dealings. I would remove Bruffy's Marina Del Rey Tow license to operate a towing company in the meantime.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
R.L. Adlof
Marina del Rey,California,
U.S.A.
2010.0705 Direct Response to JoelX
#2UPDATE Employee
Mon, July 05, 2010
Bruffys Tow wishes to thank JoelX for taking his time to understand our operations and resolve any potential issues with our firm.
Although it would have been preferable that he would have broached the subject directly with us prior to posting the above complaint, we are gratified that he worked with us.
Bruffys desires only to provide a valuable service to our community and satisfy the needs of everyone we interact with.
Respectfully, Richard Adlof Comptroller, Bruffys Del Rey Tow
JoelX
Venice,California,
United States of America
My earlier report was mistaken
#3Author of original report
Thu, February 25, 2010
When I filed my initial Ripoff Report, I made a mistake in targeting Bruffy's Tow when they had not done anything wrong. The City of Los Angeles is actually the target of my Ripoff Report. Their parking enforcement officers should not have ticketed my car & marked it for towing under the city rules, but did anyways. The car had to be towed by the tow truck driver and he was not at fault.
