Shoal Get Shafted
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 11:18 am
Everyone hates wheel clampers. Its a well known fact. So when the tables get turned its always good to hear about. (Cool story bro coming up).
First the area:
Where I work is patrolled by Shoal Enforcement. There is a few parking bays owned by the houses at the beginning of the road directly opposite work. There is also a little piece of land owned by the club which is the only place you are allowed to park without being clamped. In the whole area there are 2 little signs declaring that the area is within a clamping zone, 1 is as you drive into the road and is always facing the wrong way. The other is attached to a house that anyone driving into the road wouldnt see unless they turned around to drive out again, in other words, no more prominent than an invisible man!
Now a little bit about Shoal:
Like most private clamping companies they are scum of the earth. They have been known to hide in this street watching for cars to pull up and before the tyres are even cooled down they have the clamp on and a ticket issued and then charge £255 for the release of the clamp. The sign on their website is:
And its not much bigger than that on the street and is normally facing the wrong way. The other one on the wall of a house is about the same and also facing the wrong way to be prominently displayed so anyone driving into the club misses the signs and parks in what looks like allocated parking bays for the club.
Even though it states the clamp release fee is £135 they refuse to release any clamped cars until they fork up the cost of both the clamp and ticket. They are parasites and should be banned.
So with that background in place it gives me great pleasure to bring a little spot of light revenge to anyone who has had to endure car clampers and the tactics they use.
Recently a gate with a number coded lock was installed at the start of the garages in the road outside the club. One of the clamping enforcement cars drove down so the officer could go for a pee. While he was preoccupied someone kindly closed the gate and locking him in. As you can see:
Thats the front end of the car behind the garages when I learnt of the misfortune. I learnt about it when one of the regulars informed me that he had been asked if he knew the code for the gate. Of course he knows the code as he lives in a house attached to one of the garages but he wasnt prepared to help them out any so told them no.
A couple of hours later, after what looked like numerous phone calls from the poor parasite in the car a lorry arrived with a crane:
At first it was looking hopeful as the truck couldnt get the car out. The crane battered the roof of the car several times and looked like it was about to pack up and leave. Sadly it was just moving into a different position to try again.
Excuse the bad quality of the picture, By this time, as you can see it had gotten dark, but eventually the car was released at god knows what cost to the company.
All in all this car was trapped for around 4 hours. Small victory for the normal folk against a scumbag company.
First the area:
Where I work is patrolled by Shoal Enforcement. There is a few parking bays owned by the houses at the beginning of the road directly opposite work. There is also a little piece of land owned by the club which is the only place you are allowed to park without being clamped. In the whole area there are 2 little signs declaring that the area is within a clamping zone, 1 is as you drive into the road and is always facing the wrong way. The other is attached to a house that anyone driving into the road wouldnt see unless they turned around to drive out again, in other words, no more prominent than an invisible man!
Now a little bit about Shoal:
Like most private clamping companies they are scum of the earth. They have been known to hide in this street watching for cars to pull up and before the tyres are even cooled down they have the clamp on and a ticket issued and then charge £255 for the release of the clamp. The sign on their website is:
And its not much bigger than that on the street and is normally facing the wrong way. The other one on the wall of a house is about the same and also facing the wrong way to be prominently displayed so anyone driving into the club misses the signs and parks in what looks like allocated parking bays for the club.
Even though it states the clamp release fee is £135 they refuse to release any clamped cars until they fork up the cost of both the clamp and ticket. They are parasites and should be banned.
So with that background in place it gives me great pleasure to bring a little spot of light revenge to anyone who has had to endure car clampers and the tactics they use.
Recently a gate with a number coded lock was installed at the start of the garages in the road outside the club. One of the clamping enforcement cars drove down so the officer could go for a pee. While he was preoccupied someone kindly closed the gate and locking him in. As you can see:
Thats the front end of the car behind the garages when I learnt of the misfortune. I learnt about it when one of the regulars informed me that he had been asked if he knew the code for the gate. Of course he knows the code as he lives in a house attached to one of the garages but he wasnt prepared to help them out any so told them no.
A couple of hours later, after what looked like numerous phone calls from the poor parasite in the car a lorry arrived with a crane:
At first it was looking hopeful as the truck couldnt get the car out. The crane battered the roof of the car several times and looked like it was about to pack up and leave. Sadly it was just moving into a different position to try again.
Excuse the bad quality of the picture, By this time, as you can see it had gotten dark, but eventually the car was released at god knows what cost to the company.
All in all this car was trapped for around 4 hours. Small victory for the normal folk against a scumbag company.
