'That's $180 of my hard-earned money': Man's car gets towed by company looking to make some extra cash, he settles the score by paying the full amount with one dollar bills

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Sienna Varady
Feb 11, 2024 6:00 PM EST

The twenty-first century is known for its constant stream of technological advancement. The fact that we can now fit everything we need into one technological device—our phones—is one of the biggest shifts in our daily lives.

The story below is an account of an individual who got his car towed for no apparent reason. It is a freezing winter's day when the story begins. OP saw that snow had been piling up all night when he woke up bright and early. After giving it some thought, he decided that there was no point trying to move his car so the plow could pass, and he quickly returned to his morning routine. Put in context, the municipal council usually gives members advance notice when a plow may be expected; therefore, OP believed there would be no need to rush in vain as he had not been notified.

From this point on, the rest of the story is probably predictable… I will not, however, reveal what happens next to you all! Having said that, read the story below to find out how OP was able to settle the score with the tow shop! When you're finished, don't forget to read this story about the boss who makes the team lead convince a highly qualified worker to perform a tedious duty!

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    "You better start counting, this might take a while..."
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    Cash only, you say?
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    Tow truck story reminded me of my own tow truck MC a few years ago. Obligatory mobile post sorry bad formatting yada yada.
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    I was living in an apartment with a small lot, and during the winter if there was a storm we were supposed to move our car to the street for the plow. Usually we would get an email and/or text with the time to be out by. Usually.
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    So one night overnight we get about an inch and a half of snow. This is a place that gets a decent amount of snow, so no big deal. I wake up at a normal time, no text or anything, it's gonna be like 40 degrees and sunny so it's
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    gonna melt anyway, I figure I don't need to bother moving the car so I sit down to play some video games before I go to work. Around 10am or so, I hear the plow outside and say ahhhh ok, get my boots and coat on and
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    get ready to go. I get outside, plow is gone and people are starting to move back into the lot so rather than move my car for the sake of moving it, I clear off the snow, grab my shovel and clean out around the car where it
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    got plowed in. Honestly our plow drivers s k so it was the cleanest spot in the lot. Go back inside for an hour or so, walk outside to go to work and car is gone. Hmm what's that about?
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    I didn't get any call or notification or anything, nobody knocked on my door, I'm 99.9% sure it got towed but I'm fuming so I called the police non- emergency line to report it stolen.
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    Police super helpful, I explain the situation and that it's probably towed but I'm confused as to why it was towed, they say it's a civil matter so they aren't going to charge anyone with theft but they are at least able to locate where the car is.
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    Tow shop across town, $15 dollar cab fee, whoopee. Call the shop to confirm my car is there and see what the damage is, $180 cash only. This is like 2019 in the United States so cash only kinda weird but I was working at a
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    winery making tips so I had a lot of cash saved for a rainy day luckily. A quirk of that is that being a small place, oftentimes the tips are in small bills, and we usually don't have enough big bills to
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    exchange them, so on a day I make $100+ in tips I leave with a lot of ones and fives. First I tackle my change jar and count out $18 of loose change. Then I get the rest of the cash, as many ones as I can, then 2 fives gets me to $180 even. Perfect.
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    Honestly this was only half malicious and half wanting to take the opportunity to unload the absurd amount of cash I had laying around, but off I go.
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    Get to the shop, ask if there's anyyyyyything they can do because I really don't think they had a real reason to tow me, nope nothing we can do just following orders the person behind the counter says with a very smug grin.
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    Her grin turned to horror when I pulled out the change bag. I spend the next 15 minutes watching her meticulously count out pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, ones, fives, $180 even.
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    I'm $10 short, I misheard her on the phone, it was $190. I pull a $20 out of my wallet and ask for the two fives back. Oh man she was pi ed. Was this petty and did the tow truck desk lady do nothing
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    wrong? Absolutely, but if you're gonna tow peoples cars and make them pay nearly $200 in cash, don't be surprised when they bring cash.
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    Francesca_N_Furter. 38 min. ago I think being smug about it made her deserve it.
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    00 P4ddyC4ke 37 min. ago There's a tow company where I live that patrols the parking lots just off the university campus. We were working on campus and went to get some lunch. Apparently,
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    you're not supposed to cross the street once you park because you're not shopping in the strip mall... Anyway, our work van got towed. I don't remember the amount but they required cash
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    and would not accept change or stacks of ones. My coworker got the payment in $2 bills... Best we could do and still make it inconvenient for them. For those not in the US, $2 bills aren't in general
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    circulation, but you can get them from a bank. All stores that have a cash drawer have a slot for 1,5,10,20,50/100 generally. 5 slots usually the last slot will be $50's generally and
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    any 100 bills will get put under the tray, so imagine then giving them about 100 $2 bills...
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    PimentoCheesehead · 22 min. ago That right there is some big brain petty. Ten years in retail and I never would have thought of that.
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    0. CO w1987g 15 min. ago I would've hated you, but I also would've put the bills in the $1 tray
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    Saelora 25 min. ago i'm confused. what did the reason end up being as to why they towed you? because it's sounding like some random tow company stole your car and charged you $190 to get it back.
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    RickKassidy 47 min. ago She should have given you $10 change in pennies. That would be funny.
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    Fit-Discount3135. just now Normally a d k move but her smugness changes that. INFO: who called the tow truck and why weren't you notified to move your car?
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