XPost: nyc.general, nyc.transit, nyc.motorcycles 
 XPost: alt.autos 
 From: romainm@sympatico.ca 
  
 Whomever wrote: 
 > 
 > In article  
 > "Phrederik"  wrote: 
 > > 
 > > "Whomever"  wrote in message 
 > > news:20030929213601.A40475EBBF@mail.zedz.net... 
 > > > In article  
 > > > Phil  wrote: 
 > > > > 
 > > > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:44:14 +0000 (GMT), Whomever 
 > > > >  wrote: 
 > > > > > 
 > > > > >By the way, I have no intentions of using the courts, which are 
 > > > > >often a joke is such cases, unable to enforce payment even when 
 > > > > >you win a judgement. 
 > > > > 
 > > > > Trying to receive compensation when you do something illegal is a 
 > > > > joke.  Kind of like trying to get your deposit back from your 
 landlord 
 > > > > after burning the place down. 
 > > > 
 > > > Would life in prison without parole be an appropriate penalty 
 > > > for the "crime" of  jaywalking? No doubt some idealogues even 
 > > > more extreme than you in their concepts of "responsibility" 
 > > > would think so. 
 > > 
 > > Whatever... You didn't commit a crime, you parked on private property 
 > > without permission. The owner was well within his rights. If he wanted, 
 he 
 > > could say that everyone is allowed to park, unless your first name starts 
 > > with "B". 
 > 
 > 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. 
  
 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. 
  
 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 '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.... 
  
 Mike 
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