XPost: nyc.general, nyc.food, nyc.bicycles
XPost: nyc.seminars
From: secret.fromyou@freespeech.com
In article <4fufovg37vam321ftrcdr19fb353cvf4b3@4ax.com>
Phil wrote:
>
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 22:18:37 +0000 (GMT), Whomever
> wrote:
>
> >CVS STORES ARE CARNAPPERS!
> >
> >Towing your car from their parking lot and holding it for ranson
> >- about $160, cash only - is a profitable secret sideline of CVS
> >stores.
> >
> >Over two weeks ago I parked in a CVS lot in Brooklyn, New York.
> >Many spaces were available, and my car was not blocking
> >anything. I then entered the CVS store. Unknown to me, I was
> >being watched. I came out 5 minutes later, and as the item I
> >sought was not available in the CVS store, I walked to seek it
> >elsewhere and returned in about 20 minutes.
>
> Is this your great plan on receiving justice and retribution? Posting
> in the newsgroups? Telling people you broke the rules and don't want
> to be punished for it?
>
> Pathetic.
What is truly pathetic, Phil, is that America is filled with
wimpy, authority-ass-kissing citizens that tolerate such abusive
rules and even more abusive enforcement, and take no action to
put a stop to it.
"Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it" -
Thoreau.
> >MY CAR WAS GONE!
> >
> >A man in a tow truck parked nearby informed me he had towed my
> >car. He told me the actions I had taken were a violation of the
> >parking rules. His company is "Port of NYC Inc," which implies a
> >city government connection, but in fact there is none. This is a
> >deceptive if not illegal practice.
>
> What implies a government connection? Using 'NYC?' A lot of
> businesses do this to give local flavor to their names.
BULLSHIT. They do it to deceive the suckers they scam. They are
NOT getting away with scamming me! "Port of NYC Inc" is clearly
an attempted deception, to make people think these car thieving
goons are from a legitimate city agency.
> FYI, Army Navy Stores aren't affiliated with either branch of the
> armed forces.
In that case it is pretty obvious.
> >I was directed to read the fine print on a sign that in essence
> >said they will tow away any car at the owner€€€s expense if the
> >owner does anything other than park, immediately enter the
> >store, make a purchase, and immediately come back to their car
> >and drive off.
>
> And you didn't heed the warning. You lost.
You believe everything you are told by "authorities," signs,
teachers, politicians, the media - For that, you'll lose all
your life.
> >The driver refused to say whose private property the lot was,
> >and denied it was CVS. I knew better - and the store manager
> >confirmed that yes, the lot is the property of the store.
>
> The driver mostly likely doesn't know who owns the property. He just
> works off a list of properties he must patrol.
Yeah, sure. You are telling me he doesn't know who he's working
for?
> >I wonder what percentage CVS gets of the ransom that their
> >carnapping goons extort?
>
> Little, if any. The tow truck company keeps it.
CVS allows them to prey on people on their property, and that
makes CVS responsible even if CVS does not get some money -
which they probably do get. You do believe in "responsibility,"
don't you?
> >I requested via certified mail to Mr. Thomas Ryan, President of
> >CVS, compensation for the money extorted from me, my incidental
> >expenses, my time, and the duress I was put through. I stated
> >that I would wait 7 business days for a response prior to taking
> >any actions such as this Usenet post. My letter was received,
> >but there has been no response.
>
> Perhaps Thomas Ryan needs more time to stop laughing.
By the time I finish with my anti-CVS publicity campaign, he
will NOT be laughing at all, but seriously thinking of changing
his policies and wishing he had compensated me.
> >CVS needs to learn that the HONEST way to make money with a
> >parking lot is to charge for its use, not use it as a trap to
> >extort large sums from the unwary.
>
> Your opinion, as impractical as it may be.
Yes, the most "practical" way to do things is the way that makes
the most money, no matter who it hurts in the process - right?
> >CVS may have been within its legal rights - except for the
> >violations of law stated above - but what they perpetrated was a
> >draconian penalty far out of proportion to my trivial offense,
> >which unlike what they did harmed no one. Had they merely put a
> >violation sticker on my car, I would never have parked there
> >again. Clearly, money was their motive for this abusive act.
>
> CVS didn't violate any laws.
If their carnapper did, and on their property, THEY are legally
responsible. You do believe in "responsibility," don't you?
> >CAN YOU TRUST CVS WITH YOUR MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS?
> >I don't think so, and I never will.
>
> Saying that their pharmacy can't be trusted because you got towed is
> unrelated nonsense. What does their pharmaceutical department have to
> with your irresponsibility to follows rules?
Unscrupulous attitudes and conduct carry over to all aspects of
corporate functions. They are out for money, period. Do you
believe that extortionate carnappers are not above marketing
inferior drugs, or taking profitable shortcuts that endanger and
cheat their customers?
I'm not going to engage in a long exchange of opinion with you
here, Phil. Though I respect your views, I disagree with them.
My time will be better spent combatting CVS's abusive practice
of carnapping.
It is time that WE THE PEOPLE taught these GREEDY CORPORATE
PREDATORS that as they depend upon us for their profits, they
had better treat us with fairness and respect!
CVS PHARMACIES & STORES - AVARICIOUS CARNAPPERS!
BOYCOTT CVS!
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