Got towed for (allegedly) refusing to pay parking fee!

[sly_vixen]

Hello everyone, ask ko lang if you have ever experienced having your car towed ILLEGALLY.

It happened to me yesterday when I went to Mc Donald's Intramuros with my friends. Nung nag park na kami, parking ticket attendant approached me and was going to issue a ticket, I was kinda surprised cos I was not aware na may parking fee na pala doon, since it was my third time to park there, so I asked how much then about its legality (marami kasing ganyan) maybe the legality question triggered her to turn her back at us and went away without even bothering to answer my question, nag murmur lang, I didn't hear what she said, So I thought illegal nga since hindi sha nag explain.

So what I did, I confirmed it with the security guard at Mcdo kung may fee nga, sabi nya meron daw, and I even said, ganon ba yun kahit dito kami sa parking ng mcdo mag park may bayad pa rin? which I think was just a natural reaction since we're going to eat there, dahil ganon sa ibang place, once u purchased something free na ang parking or 50% discount, i-va-validate lang. Well ganon daw talaga, under ng Intramuros Authority. I said to myself, ok, later na lang kami mag bayad after kumain... Here's what happened... after a few minutes, oorder pa lang kami ng food nun (mabilis pa sa bumbero) tinawag ako ng guard na yung kotse tino tow, I ran after it and asked them what the problem was, they just ignored me and told me dun na lang daw sa impounding compound makipagusap. Here's my violation: refusal to pay the parking fee kaya tinow.

Makatwiran ba ito? To ask about the legality of something you are required to pay is considered refusal? And my question was not even answered! And also it was our 3rd bloody time to go there and no one had ever asked us for any fee before! Natural magtatanong ka talaga. Anyway, let's say na refusal to pay na pala ang interpretation nya sa pag ku question ko, did that give them the right to tow my car just like that? And fine me 1,500? Again my car was at the proper parking slot. If they had a problem with me about that parking fee incident, they should have just apprehended me accordingly (OA), confiscated my license or whatever! But never touch my car! It was parked at the proper place! Yung iba nga ticket lang sa windshield!

Ang alam ko na violation para i-tow ang kotse ay yung mga illegally parked, stalled, and yung mga naka provide sa http://www.mmda.gov.ph/mmda%20regula...o.%2002-33.htm. It was soo embarrassing, 3 girls kami, 20 pesos tatakbuhan namin????

And to make things even worse, dahil ayokong magbayad sa violation na feeling ko hindi ko naman na commit, Intramuros Authority official spoke to their parking attendant in front of us, at nag iba ang kwento, she said: my officemate was about to pay but I just stopped her, told her daw that I NEVER PAY parking fees! ano ako anak ng general? and of course yung ang tinake na side ng IA, though her statement was just plain ridiculous, naman! kababae kong tao sasabihin ko yun!?! Well, dun sila kikita eh. They did not even give us the chance to react when she was there. But in the end, after a tedious argument na cut in half yung babayaran, naging 750. Again, if it was really my fault, how come na nagkaron ng agreement na pareho kami nung parking attendant na magbabayad ng 750 dahil pareho daw kaming mali!!! Take note IA ang nag suggest nito hindi ako! TAMA BA YUN??? I am not even sure kung pagbayarin nila ng 750 yung parking attendant, eh empleyado nila yun and baka may bonus pa since ang 20 naging 750?!?! talagang racket lang nila yung tow ng tow dahil 1,500 kaagad kahit tama ka o mali.

Sa mga na experience ko na pay parking pag di ka pa nakabayad pag park mo, they could always ask for it before you leave.

I want to file a complaint, wala ba ako sa katwiran guys? Nakakainis lang kasi, ang magtanong ka kung legal ba ang sinisingil sayo ay reason na para i-tow ang kotse! Siguro dapat pasalamat pa ako at hindi binasag ang windshield at tow lang ang inabot ko, kasi ganon eh, kung ano maisipan nila. I'm sorry sobrang haba nito, grabe lang ang inis ko... I am open sa mga magrereact at magsasabi na mali ako at nasa guidelines ng IA ang mag tow ng kotse kahit nasa proper parking slot ka.

[Josh0027]

That's plain BS. Anong klaseng logic mayroon yun IA? Pati na rin ng mga nagtow? Nagbigay ba siya ng receipt na nagacknowledge ng binayaran mo? Feeling ko racket lang yan.

[Flagg]

Hmm. Ganon talaga. Baka pede mo isumbong sa Imbestigador or some show like that.

[oldblue]

yun ba IA eh naka-katipunero outfit. madalas kasi ako sa Intramuros and most of the time parati ako nakakakita ng nag-argue na pinoy vs. mga katipuneros. for a foreign tourist, not really a good sight to see ....


taka din ako sa mga mayari ng mga fastfood joints dyan, there was this one time nag-brief park ako sa Greenwich for my wife to order take-out. ambilis ng parking attendant and the guard of Greenwich kunwari dedma. pano sila magkaron ng customer pag ganun.


ibang klase mga tao dyan sa Manila talaga, parking space lang sobra pinag-iinteresan. sa baywalk, sa malate, sa mga roxas blvd. hotels, kala mo mauubusan ng kanin kung makabantay sa mga parking. kung minsan magbaba ka lang, gulat ka nasa left window mo na.

well siguro kung ano boss nila yun din sila. Si Atienza pa. inaway nya ng husto si BF, para lang masolo traffic management ng Maynila.

[totoybato]

sa pasay, yung mga chocolate boys, siningil din ako minsan, but i argued na sakop pa ng office parking namin yung pinaradahan ko, bago umalis, nagbitaw nang salita na ang yabang ko naman daw, kaya inilipat ko na lang sa ibang parking car ko, sa malamang kasi, baka gasgasan nila, o worse ma tow din.

[nugundam93]

total BS yan.

[odell]

mahirap un ganun... hassle lang... iwas na lang... mga tao talaga sa panahon ngaun

[Rav_5]

ireklamo na yan sa XXX! grabe yun ah! Harapang pang hoholdup

[ryan]

Sorry to hear that. Ganyan talga dito sa Pinas eh, grabe talga ang pangdudugas at all levels.

Honestly, I think take it as a lesson nalang. Next time, whenever you deal with anyone in that level, whether mmda, parking attendant, street children, security guards, try to be as polite as you can although kumukulo dugo mo hehe. Like pag may makulit na bata sa stoplight, i always use the words "pasensya" instead of the usual reaction ng motorists na isnobin sila and it seems to work and they dont bother me anymore.

[seonadancing]

Since yun mga parking ticket attendant dyan e araw araw naman nagttrabaho sa area na yun e ikaw ng bahala "Kumausap" sa kanya at tanungin kung bakit nya ginawa yun. Bawal na ba magtanong ngayon. At bakit kailangan nyang magsinungaling. Kung pwede syang ma bad trip, pwede ka din ma bad trip. So kung ano naman ang "mapagusapan" nyo e pasensya na sya.

[finchy18]

AMP yan ah.. kakainis. shyt

[falken]

Nagiging malaking racket na ito, check out this link to another thread regarding parking fees rin.
http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showt...t=parking+fees

Kung kakain ka sa Aristocrat Restaurant sa Roxas Blvd., kahit na nakapark ka na sa harap ng Aristocrat sisingilin ka rin.

[delprado]

Since yun mga parking ticket attendant dyan e araw araw naman nagttrabaho sa area na yun e ikaw ng bahala "Kumausap" sa kanya at tanungin kung bakit nya ginawa yun. Bawal na ba magtanong ngayon. At bakit kailangan nyang magsinungaling. Kung pwede syang ma bad trip, pwede ka din ma bad trip. So kung ano naman ang "mapagusapan" nyo e pasensya na sya.

Agree ako dito... nangyayari kasi sa pinas sindikan na lang minsan eh...
kung kumakabog ang diddib mo, mas kumakabog cgurado ang dibdib nun...

[baludoy]

that really is unfair. ganyan din sa makati, aside from kinakwartahan na nga tayo ng mga tow companies na yan eh nag popowertrip din sila. they treat their respective cities as their very own fiefdom. whatever they want to do they do ganyan kasi ang bos nilang mga mayor kaya ganyan na rin sila umasta

[BoEinG_747]

BAd trip talaga iyan ..isa pa iyan Mcdo ..
bakit di sila nakialam dapat free ang parking doon di ba since customer ka naman nila

na experience ko din ito sa Quiapo church.may nag offer ng parking .ang tagal ko mag park (maselan kasi ako mag park gusto ko deretcho pa din ang gulong) pag baba ko sabi ko safe ba dito.sagot ba naman sa akin "up to 9 am lang kasi may nang hihila na daw ganon oras",alis agad ako .kasi matatapos pa ang mass ng around 10am ,tapos sinisingil ako .ayw ko mag bayad nagtawag pa ng mga kasama pero di rin ako nag bayad nag pakilala na lang ako dahil dami ko din friend around that area nang makilala ako ayos na lang daw pero inalis ko na din kasi di nila kayang sagutin ang nag hihila na taga city hall..talaga lokohan at sindakan na lang madalas mag yari sa ibang kababayan natin

[Satio]

Ang Puso po...

A private property claims to be a public? sobra yan ha..

I think yung sa Aristocrat, yung street where you park is no longer part of the aristocrat resto. property..

[motoro]

last month, bago ikasal friend ko sa manila cathedral(intramuros) ako naging witness nila sa interview ng pari. i parked in front of the church and i was surprised na may bayad na pala. grabe mga racket nila puros kadugasan ang alam na way para kumita lang.

[oldblue]

oo pati manila cathedral may bayad yan hanggang kabila

[afrasay]

ganun talaga kung may parking attendant pay kana agad. see kung may receipt. sa halagang 20 php why contest it? there are so many things that could happen to your car if you refuse to pay the parking fee, and one already did. afford mo naman siguro yun fee since you drive a car. kahit yun mga nag a-assist sa parking na mga tambay abutan na ninyo khit 5php or loose change. my opinion lang po.

[artpogi]

ganun talaga kung may parking attendant pay kana agad. see kung may receipt. sa halagang 20 php why contest it? there are so many things that could happen to your car if you refuse to pay the parking fee, and one already did. afford mo naman siguro yun fee since you drive a car. kahit yun mga nag a-assist sa parking na mga tambay abutan na ninyo khit 5php or loose change. my opinion lang po.

agree with this, for a very small amount you save your self a hassle