I went to down town Ft. Lauderdale Florida to look at a car for sale. The owner of the car asked to meet at Publix Supermarkets on 6th and Andrews. After an hour drive, I reached the Publix and saw the vehicle I came to check out, parked in a crowded line of cars at the side entrance of the grocery store. I parked in a near empty parking lot directly across the street from the Publix and the sellers vehicle (maybe 80ft away).
I walked across the street and started to inspect my potential new vehicle. I was out of my car for all of 90 seconds and I saw a tow truck backing up to my car.in a panic I ran across the street (injuring my knee) to address the tow truck driver who did not yet have my car hooked up. As I pleaded with him, he started the process of lifting my car off the ground. He insists someone called him to report my "illegal parking".
A second tow company employee shows up in a pick up truck. He and BSO deputy, who made his way over from Publix, exchange ill intended words. The driver explained to me that it would cost me $50 to put my car down. I only had $44 in small bills and the driver could not break a hundred. So there I sat on the trunk of my car refusing to move, certain that if I got down, even to get change to pay him, my car would be taken.
I was on to their SCAM! Thankfully, a by stander gave me the 6 more bucks I needed. I gave the driver his un-earned blood money. I spent all of the 15 minutes it took him to fill out my reciept, telling the two tow boys exactly what I felt about their business practice, ethics, morals, and mothers. Thank God I saw the tow truck. If I had not, I'm sure not only my car but all of the valuables in my car, including my firearm and a very large sum of cash, would still be in the hands of those dirtbags. After some investigation, I was told noone called the tow company. They own the lot!!! These people are preditors who hide and wait to feed on on unsuspecting citizens. They need to be stopped!
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