Monday, January 14, 2008

Had a meeting this afternoon at Starbucks in Leviste, and I witnessed a car getting towed. Man, ang bilis! I think the whole thing lasted under 3 minutes, from the time they arrived to the time they pulled out with the car.
Anyway, aren't there rules that these guys are supposed to "attempt" to look for the driver of the vehicle for a certain number of minutes before they tow the vehicle. If somebody has a link to the rules governing this, please send it to us so we can post it here.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

They tow EVEN when the driver is present, didn't you know? I guess some drivers are too stubborn to move their cars especially when waiting for their "amo". I guess God gave them legs for some other purpose since they refuse to walk to their car even a bit.

Plus, towing has been a long-running, money-making scam for these tow-truck companies that are usually owned by govt employees or kamag-anaks.

You gotta love 'em!

And to think this happens in the "most progressive" city in the country. God help us all!

Anonymous said...

talaga?!? dapat papaalisin lang sila kung gan'un, diba?

pero totoo, raket talaga yan.

Ton said...

These guys should be probed. I was towed somewhere near Salcedo like a year ago. It was only 430 but the watch on the police officer with the tow truck was already 5 pm. I argued with them to no avail. The police officer just told me to argue with whoever was at the pound. Great.

I suggested that I drive the vehicle to the impounding area instead of having it towed, lest they damage it on the way. They wouldn't allow it unless one of their guys would drive it. Fine. One of them did the driving, very slowly, carefully trying to extort me saying that the amount I had to pay was equivalent to the weight of the vehicle. I was driving a pick up, easily 2000kg, which he said meant I would have to pay at least that amount. I resisted.

At the impounding area, I was charged 1000 bucks and given a photocopied receipt. Actually, it didn't even look like a receipt but just a piece of paper with some lines on it for the name and amount. I hope they all burn in hell.

Anonymous said...

Towing in Makati is a scam. Govt has authorized illiterates to tow cars. It is a big scam in Makati led by the mayor himself. I parked in a parking area and in 5 mins. they towed it. P1000. Fuck this shit heads Marial Towing Service in Yakal Street. The Leader of the gang is Raymund Lahora. I am in process of complaining to the Mayor.

Joy Alberto said...

They wanted to tow me earlier... and that is fine with me. It was a violation on my part (although ala pa kong 2mins nakakalayo sa kotse kse magwiwithdraw ako sa metrobank) but my point is, "BAKIT AKO LAN?!!!! LINTIK NA YAN! SANDAMAKMAK YUNG NAKAPARK, AKO LAN? AT AKO NA KAKAPARK LAN"... Nakakaloka! Kinuha lisensya ko at binigyan ako ticket... the irony is, inurong ko pa un kotse ko sa parking lane after ko tumigil sa tpat ng bangkpo para ndi kako mahuli kse sandali lan naman ako; and I forgot to turn my signal lights back on.

Anonymous said...

i just got towed today... konting usli lng ng butt ng kotse ko outside the parking lane infront of philam tower (back).. the devils' names are RAYMUNDO LAHORRA AND ELMER BATILO... HOPE THEY DIE SOON!!! lets all file a case.

Anonymous said...

kakatow lang ng car nmen pinark around 7pm. guard said pwede dw magpark. our venue ay sa makati sports club. so dhil puno n parking dw nla pwede dw sa tapat n nasa parking lane.at wala nman nklagay tow zone then after the event nment pag labas around 11pm wala na. na tow na. i was thinking n magkasabwat cla ng guard at ang nagtotow. pls help sinu dpat managot

Anonymous said...

may oras ba ang pagtotow. from what time sa makati area.

Benhur Baguio said...

About two years back,I parked at valero street at around 8:30am,although 2 parking enforcer are normally available none was visible , definitely hiding.they towed my innova-v (without using dolly) park in valero street parking,. I went back to my car at around 9:40am still no parking enforcer visible but the time mentioned in the apprehension ticket is 9:05am.Also how can I have parking ticket when no MAPA personel around and looking for someone who is hiding is very difficult. I was not aware that so called counter flow parking is a violation in the Philippines and there were no prohibition signs as per UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON ROAD TRAFFIC. I filed petition at Makati Regional Trial Court to challenge the CONSTITUTIONALITY of towing and impounding of vehicles.

Anonymous said...

MONDAY TO FRIDAY AT 7:00AM TO 6:00PM LANG DAPAT ANG TOWING HOURS KAPAG WITHIN MAKATI AREA.

PERO PAG SA OSMENA KA NASIRAAN OR NKA HINTO, INGAT KAU SA MGA SABOG SA DRUGS AT MGA ANIMAL NA TOWING MONKEY SA AREA,

MGA CARJACKER YAN AT MAGNANAKAW,

SAPILITAN UUPUAN YUNG DRIVER SEAT AT ILO-LOCK UNG MGA PINTO. PAG MINALAS KA NA NAIWAB CELLPHONE MO SA LOOB NG CAR, FOR SURE D MO YUN MAKIKITA ULI...


PAG DATING SA IMPOUNDING KUNO, HIHINGAN KA NG RANSOM NA DI BABA SA 3500.00 NUNG KUPAL NA TANGA SA MESA NA MUKHANG ADDICT SA SHABU...


KYA INGAT MGA KAPATID!!!

Anonymous said...

Just park along JP Rizal dahil kung sa E. Zobel st. kasi nakaharang sa kalsada so inangat ko ung sasakyan kasi me mga naka park nmang ibang vehicles. Pagbalik ko wala na ung sasakyan, putsa bakit ung iba hindi kinuha. Pagdating sa Yakal meron daw city ordinance na bawal magpark dun bakit kung iniharang ko sa kalsada hindi huhulihin. Tangina nyo, mamatay din kau..

Anonymous said...

bwisit na marial towing services yan,wla pang 5 mins na naka park ung motor namin sa tapat ng cash and carry.wla naman sa side walk nakapark pero kinuha padin nila.and they did not give any notice kung anong violation at basta nalng kami pinasunod sa impounding area which located sa amorsolo medical center.kahit na ipagpilitan namin ang side namin na di naman kami nakasagabal sa line,at cnabi namin na marami din ang nakapark ng oras na un dun sa pinagparkingan namin,ung samen lang ang kinuha.a certain mapsa officer or towing officer r.b.artus ang nakahuli pero di padin nagbigay ng konsiderasyon.P1000 ang charge samen para makuha ang motor namin.di man lang pumayag na magpatawad kasi katwiran nila me resibo dw ng city hall.para sa kanila,di puedeng mangatwiran,mali kung mali ka,kung makiusap ka namn,di ka pa din pagbibigyan.kaya ng kinuha ko ung resibo after magbayad,isang bati nlng na merry xmas ang cnabi ko.sna bumalik din sa kanila ung gnawa nilang pag argabyado sa mga taong kagaya namin.attention sa government ng makati o sa cno mang me sakop nito,sana bigyan niyo ng excemption ung ganitong klaseng case.kau din ang mapupulaan ng tao.ung resibo ng binayaran,sarap ipakain sa kanila.kung puede lang ibato,ibabato ko sna,kahit sa babae wla clang respeto.Diyos na ang bhala sa kanila.

Anonymous said...

My car got towed... well not exactly kase inaangklahan pa lang yung kotse. Pinagbayad na lang ako ng 1k. Ganun ba talaga? The receipt looks fishy dahil may nakasulat na "Willing to Pay". official ba yung receipt na yan or gawa gawa lang?

Here's the photo of the receipt
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10286814_10152181887723358_2717627491966052643_o.jpg

sparki99 said...

MARIAL TOWING SERVICE mamatay na!!!!