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hollyx191
02-05-2012, 07:44 PM
i left my car at a friend's house overnight and one of their housemates called a towing company and had it towed. they only accepted cash, and needed it that day or else they would charge me $50 a day to store the car. also, i called around 1 and the guy said he was gonna leave in about an hour, so i scrambled and got the $175 to release my car. when i went to their location, there were a bunch of sketchy guys outside, and i wasnt sure what to do. so i got out and one of the guys asked me if i was here to pick up a car, i said yes, so he walked me to another sketchy lot where there were about 5 cars. he said "is one of these your car" and i said "yes, the honda" and he said "ok open it so i can see that its yours" and so i did and then he said "ok its $175" so i gave him the cash and then he went and pulled out the car that was parked across the entrance (this is how sketchy it is, they didnt have a gate or anything, just kept the cars in there by parking another car across them) and then i left. is this legit? they didnt give me a receipt, documentation, didnt ask for my insurance, registration, license, didnt write down my name, i didnt sign, nothing. i feel like this is kind of sketchy?

BKM
02-08-2012, 05:26 PM
It doesn't sound kosher to me. I would call the towing company and see if they got there payment and released the vehicle, because if they didn't, you may just find yourself looking down the barrel of a police officers gun because the towing garage reported the vehicle stolen.

If this is the case, expect the police to impound your vehicle in there police pound lot then arrest you and let the judge figure things out.