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  • The Wost Scam Attempt, EVAR

    Person calls us via their motor club last week and says their car needs a tow. They give us a make/model/location/destination, we give an ETA, call is accepted and driver heads out the door.

    No sooner do the front tires of his truck hit pavement outside the lot than the call cancels, via motorclub.

    This really isn't all that unusual, people will call us for a tow thinking their car is broke down when really they just needed to have it in "P" before trying to start it, or they thought they locked their keys in it, but found them in their purse.... or needed a jump, but their neighbor saw the hood up and jumped them instead... fairly common.

    When that happens, we get a flat "GOA" fee as long as the driver was en route in the truck, if only by a foot, when it canceled.

    No big.


    Well, the other day we got a letter from the motor club, they wanted us to fax them a copy of the tow slip for that particular call because the customer is stating we ripped the bumper off their car when we towed them and now owe them a new one....

    Wonder what their excuse will be when the club informs them that it's quite impossible we did any damage to that car because we never even GOT to it? See? Here's the GOA you gave us (A whoppin' $20, yay!)

    Enjoy your loss of service and/or fraud charges if you press the issue, ya dumb schmuck.

    If you needed a new bumper, you shoulda done what i do and just go to the junkyard...... and buy a "new" car
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  • #2
    That is a pretty pathetic scam.

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    • #3
      Might they believe the driver and think that you guys are scamming them? Towing him but still collecting the fee? Or how did that complaint even get through; shouldn't they have wondered 'hey, this guy is claiming the towing company damaged a car that the call was canceled on and we paid the fee...'
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      • #4
        Quoth LillFilly View Post
        Might they believe the driver and think that you guys are scamming them? Towing him but still collecting the fee? Or how did that complaint even get through; shouldn't they have wondered 'hey, this guy is claiming the towing company damaged a car that the call was canceled on and we paid the fee...'
        Even the most basic tow would cost $33.00, I think it's more like a left-hand-doesn't-know-what-the-right-hand-is-doing situation, the "complaint" department probably doesn't know what's on file in the "service" department, and asks for a copy of the bill just to save time.

        Either way, Scammy McSammerson is hosed once they get it.
        - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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        • #5
          Quoth LillFilly View Post
          Might they believe the driver and think that you guys are scamming them? Towing him but still collecting the fee? Or how did that complaint even get through; shouldn't they have wondered 'hey, this guy is claiming the towing company damaged a car that the call was canceled on and we paid the fee...'
          If Argabarga's post have taught me anything - its the the motor clubs are simply a fecal matter director. Fecal matter goes to them and is immediately directed the way of Arga's firm.
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          • #6
            Scam Status: FAILED!

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            • #7
              Quoth TimmyHate View Post
              If Argabarga's post have taught me anything - its the the motor clubs are simply a fecal matter director. Fecal matter goes to them and is immediately directed the way of Arga's firm.
              I think he's defended one or two of them, just to be fair. Please correct me if I'm wrong!

              They seem to me to basically be the Expedia or Hotels.com of the road service world. At any rate, they sound a ton more convenient for the customer than for the service-providing companies, that's for sure.

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              • #8
                I'm betting sucky, not scammy. Sucktomer calls auto club, gets annoyed at wait time, then flags down wrecker on the highway (or scammy wrecker pulls up to him). Sucktomer's bumper probably gets scratched rather than bent or pulled off. Sucktomer then complains to auto club about crummy wrecker, never mind it wasn't the one they called through the auto club.

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                • #9
                  Quoth TheSHAD0W View Post
                  I'm betting sucky, not scammy. Sucktomer calls auto club, gets annoyed at wait time, then flags down wrecker on the highway (or scammy wrecker pulls up to him). Sucktomer's bumper probably gets scratched rather than bent or pulled off. Sucktomer then complains to auto club about crummy wrecker, never mind it wasn't the one they called through the auto club.
                  This is what I was thinking as well...

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Jay 2K Winger View Post
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                    I'm-a just gonna leave this right here.

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                    • #11
                      Quoth EricKei View Post
                      I'm-a just gonna leave this right here.
                      Lmao! I'm going to be muttering this under my breath at work now.
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