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 From: romainm@sympatico.ca 
  
 Good luck man. 
  
 I am sure you will let us know the outcome. 
  
 Mike 
  
  
 Whomever wrote: 
 > 
 > In article <3F7B26D4.29C8D5C2@sympatico.ca> 
 > Mike Romain  wrote: 
 > > 
 > > Whomever wrote: 
 > > 
 > > > CVS Stores may have been technically within their legal rights 
 > > > to tow my car and extort $160 from me, but what they perpetrated 
 > > > was a draconian penalty way out of proportion to my trivial 
 > > > offense, which unlike what they did harmed no one. 
 > > > 
 > > > Staying within my legal rights of free speech and freedom of the 
 > > > press, I can easily cost CVS far, far more than the sum they 
 > > > extorted from me. Should fair compensation not be forthcoming, I 
 > > > most certainly will do so. You may disagree, but as their 
 > > > authoritarian sympathizers might say, "that's the way it is!" 
 > > > 
 > > > BOYCOTT CVS STORES! 
 > > > BOYCOTT CVS STORES! 
 > > > BOYCOTT CVS STORES! 
 > > 
 > > No offense, but you must be a country boy. 
 > 
 > New York City, all my life. How about you? 
 > 
 > > Any big city I have been to all across Canada has all the parking lots 
 > > marked the same as the one you illegally parked in and got dinged for. 
 > > 
 > > I am a small town boy and like you didn't take the signs seriously until 
 > > the same thing happened to me.  Bought something at the store, then went 
 > > across the street for something to eat.  Came back, no car. 
 > > 
 > > Bitch all you want, I sure did.  I was wrong and sure learned my lesson. 
 > 
 > No, you accepted - one could say that you had indoctrinated into 
 > you - the belief that this kind of draconian extortion is 
 > acceptable and that we should accept it and do nothing about it. 
 > I for one, being of free and independent mind, will do far more 
 > than "bitch" should I not receive fair compensation. It is time 
 > that WE THE PEOPLE taught these corporate predators that as they 
 > depend upon us for their profits, they had better treat us 
 > fairly and with respect! 
 > 
 > > The owners of the mall told me if they let everyone park there for free, 
 > > it would always be full and paying 'customers' who couldn't find a 
 > > parking spot would go somewhere else. 
 > > 
 > > I really couldn't argue their logic....  :-( 
 > 
 > I can! Why did they not simply charge a fee for parking there, 
 > rather than set extortion traps for the unwary? More money to be 
 > made that way, perhaps?  (:-)) 
 > 
 > > I 'did' have the option to move out onto the street to a parking 
 > > meter.... 
 > > 
 > > Oh, I also managed to pay cash at the impound lot for no receipt and no 
 > > 15% tax...  That is a pretty common thing to do with tow trucks.  Even 
 > > ones that you call and are radio equipped will lots of times do that. 
 > > They still log the call to dispatch and say when they will be free again 
 > > at my drop point so they sure aren't scamming the money. 
 > > 
 > > Making noise about boycotting a store because you screwed up, just 
 > > doesn't make much sense to me.... 
 > 
 > They screwed up worse, so it makes sense to me. And I'm sure it 
 > will make sense to many other people, should I find it necessary 
 > to further publicize my experience and advocate a boycott of CVS. 
  
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