Thought I'd post this here as well - it's off topic but I'm a bit peeved. :)
The block of flats I live in has clamping/towing in operation by a 3rd party clamping company appointed by the block's management company. I returned home today to find that my car has been towed away (I thought it had been stolen at first!) and that I'll have to pay £300+vat (cash only) to get it back. I can prove that I own the car and that I live in the flats.
When I go to collect the car tomorrow I'm going to ask to see the following things from the clamping company:
- Their clamping/towing license
- Proof that the car was not showing a permit when it was towed
- Proof it was clamped before it was towed (removing the clamp is part of the fee)
- Their authorisation from the flat's management company to operate
- A receipt for the release fee that I pay them
Is there anything else that I need to get from them?
If the above is all in order, do I stand any chance of getting any of this money back? My argument would be that there was absolutely no need to have the car towed away as the car park in the flats is never more than 1/3rd full, and therefore I should only have to pay an unclamping fee (the storage and the towing fee, which makes up most of the £300, would therefore fall on the management company).
Cheers all, have a good Christmas.