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My friend lives in NJ. His car was stolen, stripped, and abandoned. The city is making him pay for the towing and impound fees.
September 3, 2010 at
06:15 AM
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Does that seem right to anyone else? It's basically costing him over $350 to have his car stolen and, since he didn't have theft insurance, it's a total loss. The only possible redemption is going to be today if a mechanic offers him any money for the scrap.
WTF?
I'm not even going into how rude the city employees were to him or how they turned him away yesterday afternoon because they didn't think he could get a tow truck (at his own expense) to the impound lot before they closed at 4:45. OR how they wouldn't help his wife when she was there at noon, because they were all at lunch.
Please reserve any comments about him being dumb for not carrying a theft clause or whatever you call it on his insurance policy. It was an older Honda Civic and he didn't think it was worth insuring for very much. I'm not sure how all of that works but his deductible might even have been more than what he would've gotten for the car, if that applies.
I think it's infuriating that the city is forcing him to pay towing and impound fees when his car was stolen! Does he have any recourse here? Maybe he can deduct the cost of the fees from his taxes or something? Who should he contact?
My friend is a really nice guy--I would've raged out on those impound lot employees for sure. My buddy said he knows when he's defeated and he's licking his wounds and counting his losses, and that his anger is reserved for the car thieves. I understand that, but really, it looks to me like the city's just adding insult to injury here.
Anyone have any experience with this?
WTF?
I'm not even going into how rude the city employees were to him or how they turned him away yesterday afternoon because they didn't think he could get a tow truck (at his own expense) to the impound lot before they closed at 4:45. OR how they wouldn't help his wife when she was there at noon, because they were all at lunch.
Please reserve any comments about him being dumb for not carrying a theft clause or whatever you call it on his insurance policy. It was an older Honda Civic and he didn't think it was worth insuring for very much. I'm not sure how all of that works but his deductible might even have been more than what he would've gotten for the car, if that applies.
I think it's infuriating that the city is forcing him to pay towing and impound fees when his car was stolen! Does he have any recourse here? Maybe he can deduct the cost of the fees from his taxes or something? Who should he contact?
My friend is a really nice guy--I would've raged out on those impound lot employees for sure. My buddy said he knows when he's defeated and he's licking his wounds and counting his losses, and that his anger is reserved for the car thieves. I understand that, but really, it looks to me like the city's just adding insult to injury here.
Anyone have any experience with this?
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But remember, you live in the present.
Not to mention, as a law enforcement officer, i cant help but have to deal with the reality of life.
Also, thank you for your service. I have nothing but respect for law enforcement officers, firemen, soldiers, and so forth. I know you're working with limited resources and I respect how hard you guys work.
But I still think we can always do better.
And I'd like to point out, if I may, that by unfolding, washing and refolding they will likely pick up even more Bea fur.
Would you rather have people like me believing we can do better, and trying to do better, and encouraging others to do better--or people who just throw up their hands and say "there's nothing we can do, things are always going to be awful?"
Also, thank you for your service. I have nothing but respect for law enforcement officers, firemen, soldiers, and so forth. I know you're working with limited resources and I respect how hard you guys work.
But I still think we can always do better.
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I don't get paid to be a law enforcement officer, I do it because i want to make a difference in our society. I do it for free, i pay for my own uniforms and supplies, my own fuel and vehicle. The harder i work, means I can get criminals in jail, drunks off the road, and kids on the right track.
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* I am going to hell...I know.
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I don't get paid to be a law enforcement officer, I do it because i want to make a difference in our society. I do it for free, i pay for my own uniforms and supplies, my own fuel and vehicle. The harder i work, means I can get criminals in jail, drunks off the road, and kids on the right track.
Sorry...ok, I shouldn't joke about the job you do...you dedicate a lot of time, energy and experience in that and I do thank you.
*am I out of having to wash and fold the shirts now?