read the article in the link, he's been masquerading as a Prince as well as other dodgy dealings
tgray,
Oct 15, 6:01am
Wheel clamping should be banned, plain and simple. No one should be able to take possession of your property and hold you to ransom demand you give them cash to get it back. (an amount they simply decide). It is extortion, bordering on theft. And the Police do nothing and say it's a civil matter. When someone takes $20,000 of my property and will not give it back, I think the Police should do something about it.
morrisjvan,
Oct 15, 7:01am
it must be a shitty clamp if you can still get at the wheel lugs.
richynuts,
Oct 15, 7:17am
wonder if anyone has ever made up some solid steel plate wheel trims and security bolted them to (steel) rims. be hard to clamp wheels like that.
Order a few Dominos pizzas for $760, clamping is potentially going to ruin the trade for businesses in the area when the word gets around and no-one wants to go there.
marte,
Oct 15, 8:05am
Yep, Judge threw the case out because nobody could prove the cars owner actually cut the clamp off. They never got the clamp back either.
mrcat1,
Oct 15, 8:09am
Wouldn't it be a shame if someone waited and watched where he went in his own car, waited till he was out of sight and clamped his wheel with one of those enclosed clamps and then filled the lock with super glue and then simply walked away and watched the proceeding's to follow.
rpvr,
Oct 15, 8:09am
By the same logic, if you park your car on private property, it becomes the property of the land owner, or at least it allows them to dispose of it as they see fit.
smallwoods,
Oct 15, 9:57pm
So if someone places a flyer under your wipers, are you supposed to take it back to them?
johotech,
Oct 15, 10:43pm
A battery drill would release that vacuum in a few seconds.
Best thing to do to clamps is fill the locks with superglue like they do in France, a lot of people carry super glue there and when they see a clamp on a vehicle they fill the lock with glue, when the people who own the vehicle pay to have the lock removed the clamper cant get it off, so they have the situation where the people is getting shitty at them because they cant get the clamp off, and the frustration that they cant remove it and have to destroy it to remove it for the people as they have paid.
esky-tastic,
Oct 16, 12:18am
Just park where you're allowed to.
socram,
Oct 16, 2:23am
Followed the link to an article and it showed his business card with his cell phone number on it.
Might use that as my cell phone number when asked to provides one on the many websites where it is compulsory to provide one and where I don't want to give one!
I usually give the Cigna funeral cover one for a landline as their appalling ads on TV every early evening drove me nuts.
bashfulbro,
Oct 16, 3:06am
I have a good insurance policy, unlimited windscreen cover, i`d sooner break the windscreen, dispose of their contraption,then drive around to Smith & Smith,for replacement ,rather than pay scammers.
monsieurl,
Oct 16, 3:20am
I've been clamped a couple of times in Auckland and both times i just got a grinder and cut that SOB off, through it in a skip and carried on with my life. No body ever contacted me about this, which i was all ready to tell them i'll see them in small claims if they have proof. It's as much of a waste of time for them to pursue you as it is for you to pursue them.
gblack,
Oct 16, 7:15am
Was parked a couple of doors down from Bashfords the other day, and noticed their grey van with sign writing parked there. Had the same thought. would be funny if somebody clamped it.
Think they had a closing down sale recently, so hopefully will bugger off and stop the clamping. Neighbouring business let their carpark get used at night by the Italian restaurant customers; suspect Bashfords are just using it for reserving a bit of cash on the side
billyfieldman,
Oct 17, 9:46pm
The way he had been acting, increasing the price during negotiations and aggressiveness, I'm truly very surprised he had been unhurt so far. Jafas are a soft bunch.
supernova2,
Oct 18, 5:24am
So they look pretty much like the ones bashfords' use. So the clamp is worth $20. Not going to go far in the DT is it if you cut the thing off?.
taipapaki,
Oct 18, 5:27am
make sure you have all safety gear on. glasses gloves face dust mask hard hat. no one can prove in court just WHO cut the clamp off.
fordcrzy,
Oct 18, 7:00am
IT IS NOT THEFT. the company put the device ON HER CAR. she is legally allowed to take it anywhere she damn well likes as its still attached to her car. at best it is a civil matter. she didnt steal anything. in fact i would send the clamping company a $200 bill for storage on the vehicles tire. lol.
The bailiffs in England have called the cops to get their clamp back. Apparently the owner padlocked the clamp to his fence and was charging the bailiffs to remove it. The police officer knew what was happening, and as there was no damage to the clamp, and the bailiffs couldn't prove the owner put the clamp there, just that he'd padlocked it while it was there, the officer said it was a civil matter and the bailiffs were to 'work it out' with the owner on their own, (ie; pay the owner) as he wasn't going to arrest anyone.
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