XPost: nyc.general, nyc.transit, nyc.motorcycles 
 XPost: alt.autos 
 From: secret.fromyou@freespeech.com 
  
 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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