These people are scammers. They towed my car after 10:00pm for no reason - my car was parked on the residential street that I live on, not violating a single sign or blocking anything. When I got home from school the next day, I saw that my car was missing, called the police thinking it was stolen, and they told me it was towed by Road One. I called them immediately to see where I should go to pick up my car and why it was towed. Immediately the person on the phone was rude and unhelpful. I went straight there and presented them with all of the paperwork that they said I would need. The guy behind the desk told me there was an issue, as my car was purchased under my fathers name, so I couldn't get my car back.
Instead of telling me what I can do to get my car back, he just sat there smirking and repeating over and over again that "your father can come pick up HIS car." I told him that he lives far away and that there has to be some other way that I can get my car back. He refused to help me and kept suggesting that I come back another day, so that I would get charged an extra day.
When I asked to speak to someone else, he lied and said there was no one else to speak to, when I later saw that there were at least 3 other people there. Eventually, he gave me the phone number to autoreturn.com, and they informed me that they don't help with these issues and that "he just gave me their number to try to get rid of me." I asked for the number of someone who could actually help me and he gave me the number to SDPD, clearly thinking he was really funny.
I fought with this man for over an hour before we were able to figure out that we needed to get a letter written by my dad & notarized before he would release my car to me. When I sent the notarized letter to him, he took his time before finally accepting it. Then he gives me the invoice and I notice that although he quoted me $300, he was trying to charge me $360. I asked him why this invoice is more than what he told me and he tried to tell me that since it was now after 5pm, I would be charged for an after-hours fee. I had arrived well before 5pm, but had been there for over an hour arguing with him. He insisted that he couldn't do anything to get rid of the fee until I showed him that I took a time-stamped photo when I arrived at the impound lot. As soon as he heard that he was suddenly able to remove the fee.
These people were rude, disgusting scammers who purposefully waited until after 10pm to tow my car, while giving me no explanation as to why exactly it was towed. They tried to take advantage of the situation, looking to get as much money as they could from me. If you have a choice, do not EVER let these people anywhere near your car. read more