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Colmán Mac Séalaigh writes:
Car clamped at apt last for last few days. Owner took licence plates and discs but has left a note….
Everything. As It Happens.
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Colmán Mac Séalaigh writes:
Car clamped at apt last for last few days. Owner took licence plates and discs but has left a note….
Fair play.
once plates have been removed it can be towed
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Maybe he shouldn’t have been screwing the apartment there….. :)
Pretty sure the owner can still be identified from the chassis number. They can probably expect a nice fat bill in the post.
I doubt it. The management company will just get it towed foc.
I’m fairly certain they’ll have no obligation to pay it
oh you’re one of those lads that say you only have to abide to law if you sign a contact or something, what are you guys called, idiots or something
Ouch!
ohh buuurrrrnnn.
I love a good simple slagging. Takes me back to school.
except that it’s almost certainly a private company, so it’s not “the law”.
what is the law regarding clamping in private carparks ? I gather it was updated recently
They can’t come after you for any money if you refuse to pay, they can only charge for release afaik. If you manage to remove the clamp by other means without damaging it your free and clear.
You are clearly one of those people who don’t know the law relating to something so resort to childish name calling because you are “right” and anyone who does different to you is an “idiot”
Or you know, they probably just took note of the plates when they clamped it.
The VIN plates remain, easily traced
Idiots
This.
That.
These.
And.
Those.
That’s.
The.
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Goes.
unless of course the car changed hands a number of times and nobody did any of the paper work. Like, for example, my own car.
I cherish the day I’m clamped.
Be prepared for an insurance nightmare at some point in the future when you can’t prove you had an insurable interest in the car.
+1
I’m prepared Cian, thanks!
People who work for clampers need to take a look at themselves.
Or maybe people who park illegally should take a look at themselves?
Can’t we all just get along?
I’ve always wondered what would happen if you got clamped but just left the car there. Obviously in this case the car can be towed since its got no number plates, but what if the owner had left the discs & plates on?
The car doesn’t look to be causing any sort of obstruction, and its a publicly accessible road, so does a private clamping company have any right to tow your car? Or would they just give up and take the clamp off after a few days, hoping you’d then move the car?
In the case of private clampers, from experience in our estate they eventually remove the clamp, as they arent earning any revenue from the clamp for as long as its left on your car.
At a certain point it becomes obvious the owner isnt going to pay the fine, and they remove it. How long it takes can vary though. I have seen one being removed after around 5 days, another time I saw one left on for almost a month.
Interesting. Makes sense though. They’re not earning any revenue from the clamp as long as its on your car, and are also losing out on the use of the parking space your car is stuck in.
Yup.
We had one that was involuntarily abandoned by a drug dealer…. so we literally pushed it out onto the street, and the DCC clampers eventually took it away.
Involuntarily abandoned = doin’ time in the Joy.
we should all take a look at ourselves…. sheesh…
I’m looking at you
I didn’t notice. I was too busy looking at myself….
I try not to look at meself these days, it just makes me annoyed
I like to prance naked by the big window in the front room.
Sometimes I share too much.
What a nice treat for the neighbours..
I’d be worried about the mentality of someone leaving a note like that.
The clamper could be the straw the broke the camel’s back for this unfortunate person who was only viewing an apartment… this isn’t normal behaviour, to say fupp it, ye can keep my car.
Horrible business clamping.. I think I’d be inclined to get an angle grinder to one if I was ever clamped. I’d have no problem paying a ticket, but I don’t believe in inconveniencing people like this. It’s legalised extortion.
What kind of person would do this job anyway, only a psycho getting his jollies on causing misery.
Thanks god you’re here Anne! For a minute there I thought nobody was going to comment on the mentality of the driver and we could have let a pointless over analysis opportunity go to waste and just all had a good oul laugh.
Phew!
Eh where did I tell anyone they couldn’t have a good oul laugh if they wanted to Owen?
I happen to think it’s a bit strange to leave your car to a clamper.. that’s all Owen.
Am I allowed have that opinion Owen?
Lol – the usual irrelevant rubbish from you
now -go and get me banned again – good girl
Hah! …..”go and get me banned again”.
No, sorry young man with a little meaty member, you did that, all by yourself.
now -go and get me banned again – good girl
I don’t do that snookums, you do that all by yourself.
And yet you’re still here.
You’re like dog-poo stuck on your shoe or something.. you refuse to go away.
Take the hint. Buh bye.
Men like you never go away Meaty.. you’re a bit of a desperado like that.
You’ll be banned again in no time though, with that trollop mouth of yours.
I love it when they delete stuff so that people are left talking to themselves
really love it ;)
He made one crucial error. A pad with 68 on it. The authorities just need to find a notepad with number 68 missing and he’ll be doing his notetaking on Pentonville State Penitentiary headed notepaper from now on.
Aye…no such thing as the perfect crime. They never learn…
Good one! :)
So is that essentially a free car?
Maybe he took the apartment, and is merely leaving the car as a deposit.
He just has a strange manner.
VIN number is still on the car.
Morons.
People know nothing these days.
Private clamping companies have no access to vehicle details. The worst that will happen to this person is the council will tow the car after a few weeks.
He musnt be the named owner of the car else he is a total numpty
1. Company clamping the car would have taken the number plate number
2. The chassis number links directly back to named owner
i’d go the angle grinder route… specially if its on private grounds.
That’s a bit harsh isn’t it?
@ My Meaty Member
People can see what’s going on – a certain poster says everything they want to about you – you respond and that poster causes drama calling out for admin.
Saw it all played out yesterday, as did everyone else I’m sure.
IF YOU CAN GIVE IT, BE PREPARED TO TAKE IT OR SHUT THE FK UP!!!!!!
I cut one exactly like that off my daughters car when it was clamped outside her apartment. I used an angle grinder. I kept the clamp so that they couldn’t accuse me of damaging it and now my Son uses it to prank his friends. Everybody wins!
Super Hero Irish Dad, in fairness-kudos.
I have been clamped three times last year and on each occasion I got a full refund, primarily because I knew my legal rights. Well I would. On the third occasion the poor release fella got a mouthful and I would apologise if I knew how to contact him. Clamping staff are paid by the clamp/release and it is buttons.
Here is a little tip. If on private property and wrongly clamped, do not bother with their appeals process as it is designed to encourage you to give up. Go straight to the owners of the property upon which you were clamped. If it is a medium or large company then there will be someone appointed to keep the peace. Find that person and they will act as your representative. They will also be keeping a record of complaints.
Always remember that these companies are not law enforcers and given some of their sharp practices, I expect that there would not be too many tears shed within An Garda Síochána either if the entire industry was outlawed. Clamping is illegal in Scotland and they get along just fine. Better in fact as no vehicle is immobilised in a space which affects traffic flow.
Wouldn’t mind having a chat with you. I got clamped earlier this week for parking ‘not in a bay’, it was the corner spot of carpark, not hatched or marked in anyway as being not a parking spot, not blocking any other cars or pedestrian access. I’m kinda sorry I didn’t chop the thing off somehow but looking at appeals process now.
In your case do you mean you paid and got refunds if so be curious as to how you did it, maybe you can help me gillo.100 at gmail
In my case, it was on the same property each time and I was a client of one the businesses in it. On the first occasion, I attempted to lodge an appeal except the immobilisation code given was only five digits long and the website would only accept eight. This is deliberate as I have since checked a number of other cars and they are all the same.
It then took a number of attempts before I could even obtain an email in order to submit the appeal. They refused it even though they were clearly in the wrong. So I contacted the people who manage the actual clamping contract and they brought them to heel. I repeated this procedure for each of the next two times.
Clamping is an extortion racket. They will even go to the point of obfuscating the instructions on how to pay by because there is much more profit in immobilisation than parking payments. I very much doubt if there is any other industry in the country which behaves in this way and they are being let do what they want.
If he really wanted to upset the clampers he should have also filled the keyhole of the lock with superglue :-)