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I did argue the toss with them but they just rolled the car and said it wasn't there problem !Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
How are you supose to tell them to bring it to your off road parking location when you are been rushed to hospital :roll:
Theses big companys get there money back they pay for there trucks ect with in a couple of months after that everything is profit profit profit - Why you think theses little companys start up and jump on the band wagon !
precisely the problem i had with the recovering of my missus's car one new years eve..... i came to in the back of an ambulance, and the cops apparently took my consent to remove a vehicle that was not mine to give consent for....... cough [backhander off the recovery people] cough..... when i put it to the copper in the court 6 months later, he admitted he'd assumed it was mine & assumed it was ok, so i then ran a coach & horses straight thru his evidence & made him admit he was a barefaced liar, which he admitted to.... i still got 5 points though
Ha you really dont have a clue do you? I used to have a recovery company-you think those trucks run on fresh air and maintain themselves? Exactly,when you take out cost of diesel,cost of trade insurance,public liability,cost of maintenance and part, tax and mot-the business isnt as lucrative as you might think! And not to mention,disturbed sleep etc because retards cant drive their cars properly end up upside down in ditches etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrAzY_kAyLL
Winches etc arent free
So your trying to tell me they dont make nice profits every year then and they only just cover there costs :roll:
Is that why you dont own your recovery company anymore because you wasn't making any money ?
I find this all very hard to belive specially when winter settles in and they are run off there feet - Oh not to mention drivers are only aloud to drive for so many hours a day/night before they have to have so many hours off work before they can drive again - so saying they work really hard with no sleep is bull**** unless they are breaking the law so they can make more money :roll:
Yes,they do make profits,but not as extravagant as your making out.
Indeed,my outgoings were more than my incomings,thats why i packed it in,i was limited as to what i could carry and had no storage yard so had to turn stuff away/pass it on alot.
Course some break the law,i never used a tacho and did a run from Scarborough to Essex and back with only a break while i loaded up
I could only carry 1.5ton as my truck was 2 with me in it with diesel,most of the time i was borderline overweight but was the risk i took.
Dont forget in big city's recovery companies are 10 a penny so to compete your prices have to be competitive.Round Hull where im from,folk do them for as little as £25 a movement,bearing in mind from one side of town to the other could be 15miles.
recovery vehicles are tacho exempted i believe.
yep (well used to be when i workedfor a recovery company 3years ago)Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
kyall - at the end of the day there a business, a succesful business makes money wheres the problem ?
So yeah like I said no wonder all theses little companys like you jumped on the band wagon except you failed because you couldn't compete with the bigger companys that are ripping people off even when you broke the law doing it !
Dont get me wrong I dont mind the companys that offer to move your car from A to B but the companys that are taking your car from A to there depo then charge you stupid prices for doing so then most of the time get to keep your car which they then get even more money from by wieghing it in but not before they have taken the parts off that they can then sell on ebay such as lights and stuff ! Still think they dont make massive profits every year :roll:
Like I said they are in a win win situation and it's day light robbery !
Come and tell me that when they take your car to there depo and demand money for you to let them keep it or for you to get it backQuote:
Originally Posted by draper
If id of payed the last company that took my Nova the 150 notes they wanted to keep my car they would of kept my roll cage and all my sound system not to mention all the other parts which they could of sold on - Where is the justice in that ?
*edited* as dont know why i put number instead of Nova lol
well in that case, were the items mentioned in the policy as being fitted to your car??? if yes, then they must stay in the car, if no, then you are at fault.... belongings are loose items found in your car, the rest are part of the car.