XPost: nyc.announce, nyc.general, nyc.food 
 XPost: nyc.bicycles 
 From: dogglebe@yahooo.com 
  
 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. 
  
  
 > 
 >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. 
  
 FYI, Army Navy Stores aren't affiliated with either branch of the 
 armed forces. 
  
  
  
 >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. 
  
  
  
 >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. 
  
  
 >I wonder what percentage CVS gets of the ransom that their 
 >carnapping goons extort? 
  
 Little, if any.  The tow truck company keeps it. 
  
  
 >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. 
  
  
  
 >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. 
  
  
 >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. 
  
  
 >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? 
  
  
 >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! 
  
 I bet Thomas Ryan is suffering stitch pain at this point. 
  
  
 Phil 
  
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