XPost: nyc.general, nyc.transit, nyc.motorcycles 
 XPost: alt.autos 
 From: dogglebe@yahooo.com 
  
 On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 05:54:18 GMT, Emanuel Brown  
 wrote: 
  
 >>I've never heard of a tow truck company returning a car after the fine 
 >>was paid.  It's not cost effective to make a return trip.  Usually, 
 >>you retrieve the car at the impound yard. 
 >> 
 >>Something smells fishy here. 
 >> 
 > It's pretty clear from the story that the driver did this person's 
 >car "off the books" and planned to keep the dough. The OP likely could 
 >have haggled him down to a $100 or so if he'd wanted. Saved himself 
 >the trip to the yard and the guy pockets the dough and never lets the 
 >yard know he had a tow. 
 > CVS had nothing to do with it, other than (contrary to his 
 >beliefs), paying the tow company for removing non-customers cars. It's 
 >quite a racket, the way tow companies make money both ways. 
  
 I'm thinking more along the lines of the original poster making up his 
 story because he has a beef with CVS.  It's easier (and more 
 efficient) for the tow truck company to tell you where to pick the car 
 up than to deliver it back, even if they want to do it off the books. 
  
 Phil 
  
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