My brother was driving my car and he broke down in a K-Mart parking lot. He was not bothering anybody but just trying to get the car to start and thought if he let it sit there for a while that he could get it to start. He said he was there for about two days, perhaps a day and a half, and then a cop showed up and told him he had 24 hours to move the car then half an hour later another cop shows up and says the car MUST be moved right away and was mean to him.
The manager at K-Mart had called the cops without telling my brother that he had to move the car. The cop called a tow service 15 miles away to tow the car. No papers were signed when towing the car. My brother calls me up and tells me that he is now stranded and tells me the story. I go down there to pick him up and we stay the rest of the night since the tow service was going to open back up in just a few hours.
I go to the tow business and they want $110 plus $15 storage fee per day. I asked how come so much and they got very grumpy towards me. One guy that works for them states that they only make like $5 (I knew right away that they were liars). I talked to someone outside that seemed very polite and asked me if I needed a ride home. He said that they will try to stick you and said that someone else around there only charge $50. If the guy down the road can make $50 and make money then I am sure that guy is making a big wad at $110, a LOT LOT LOT more than $5, more like $50-75+storage.
My brother recalls of no signs on the premises and he was on the K-Mart parking lot. I think the second cop called that particular tow service because he gets a kickback for calling them. Why else would I get charged $110 and my car be hauled 15 miles away?
I need to know where I can find some towing laws in WV to see if my car was towed illegally and that the situation was not handled correctly. The tow service said that they had to work on the car or I had to get it removed or pay the $15 a day storage fee or lose my car. They wanted $40 minimum to start looking at my car and $40 an hour. They also said it was the fuel pump which is $320 and $120 labor if it did not take more than 3 hours if they had no difficulties with it plus $30 for the fuel filter and $8 for some other part I forgot what it was called. I feel as if I am getting taken advantage of and have not much of a choice seeing how my car is broken down there about 60-70 miles away from my home.
The manager at K-Mart had called the cops without telling my brother that he had to move the car. The cop called a tow service 15 miles away to tow the car. No papers were signed when towing the car. My brother calls me up and tells me that he is now stranded and tells me the story. I go down there to pick him up and we stay the rest of the night since the tow service was going to open back up in just a few hours.
I go to the tow business and they want $110 plus $15 storage fee per day. I asked how come so much and they got very grumpy towards me. One guy that works for them states that they only make like $5 (I knew right away that they were liars). I talked to someone outside that seemed very polite and asked me if I needed a ride home. He said that they will try to stick you and said that someone else around there only charge $50. If the guy down the road can make $50 and make money then I am sure that guy is making a big wad at $110, a LOT LOT LOT more than $5, more like $50-75+storage.
My brother recalls of no signs on the premises and he was on the K-Mart parking lot. I think the second cop called that particular tow service because he gets a kickback for calling them. Why else would I get charged $110 and my car be hauled 15 miles away?
I need to know where I can find some towing laws in WV to see if my car was towed illegally and that the situation was not handled correctly. The tow service said that they had to work on the car or I had to get it removed or pay the $15 a day storage fee or lose my car. They wanted $40 minimum to start looking at my car and $40 an hour. They also said it was the fuel pump which is $320 and $120 labor if it did not take more than 3 hours if they had no difficulties with it plus $30 for the fuel filter and $8 for some other part I forgot what it was called. I feel as if I am getting taken advantage of and have not much of a choice seeing how my car is broken down there about 60-70 miles away from my home.