complaints to the tow-truck firm included one from a woman charged a $100 fee by a towie who was just about to drive away
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He said a towie asked him and other tenants of his North Shore office building to act as paid spotters.
Not saying drivers are blameless but no property rights have been infringed here - if the towie didn't follow the letter then harden up and pay up.
I know a lot of people put towies in the same category as parking wardens, politicians - and journalists - but I've never had a problem with towies.
Towies should charge only expenses reasonably incurred in removing an unlawfully parked vehicle.
The Government would bring in a central job allocation scheme instead of several towies all racing to the scene of a crash at once, and then arguing like vultures over a carcass.
Tow truck companies are 'easy' targets and almost universally hated; consequently nobody cares about property rights so long as they can cheer at someone sticking it to a 'towie'.
A man whose car was towed says he was gobsmacked when the towie said in court that he paid the rail company a $120 commission per tow.
There was an apartment block near the Foodtown in Customs St, and there were a couple of guys in there that made sure the towies were looked after.
The other encounter I had with towies was entirely my fault. I'd parked where I shouldn't.
If it was my building and carpark I would have a share agreement with the towies and I would sit at my office window at night and call for people to be towed immediately.