Re: Car towing charges (CA)

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From: sdaws06
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:02

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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> >As someone else mentioned, this wasn't an option - they still attempt
> >to collect any fees they incur and they charge extra even just for
> >junking the car.
>
> So you knew all that, but you somehow didn't know that the car would
> be towed away in the first place?

We found that out *after* they had towed the vehicle.  We were
investigating all the options.

> Sorry, but that just doesn't add up.

Probably because you seem to be fairly clueless about how things work
and how people act in the real world.

> Uh huh. So if public transit was such a great option for her, why wait
> until the vehicle was undriveable to donate it? It would have been

Well she was using the car to take classes at a college - they ended
this week so she has the summer off.  Public transit wasn't an option
before (due to the location and times) but it is now.

> <sniff, sniff> Still smells like bullshit.

Must be somewhere near you.

> Now THAT'S funny! In the same breath that you give me a lecture about
> being judgemental, you turn right around and act judgemental yourself!
> THAT'S A LAUGH RIOT!!!!

I'm glad you enjoyed it.  Actually I made an observation about how you
were coming across and a suggestion for a another course of action in
the future.  That's different from pre-judging and labeling a person -
esp when those judgements and labels are so far from the truth.  Fine,
we can agree to disagree.

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Subject: Re: Car towing charges (CA)
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