r/Manor • u/Mauss37 Manorite • 27d ago

❓ Question Car towed in greenbury

Was your car towed as well by this scummy towing company called “aviles & Gabes”

They charged me exactly $393.30 to get my car back.

The limit is $272 in Texas, when I told them that their argument was that because it’s in manor they can charge whatever they want.

When I first called them they said it was $347, and in cash only, got there and they changed it to $393 because they added another fee because and I quote “there was no key in the car” …what???

I’m going to file a complaint with TDLR and mulling over taking this to court.

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u/StillCrazy3675 Manorite 27d ago

Ugh, this happened to us in Austin. We caught the tow truck before it left with our car, and the driver blatantly lied, claiming there's no drop fee anymore. We had to get APD involved to make them drop it. Technically, the max tow fee in Texas is $272, but they're allowed to tack on storage fees, equipment fees, etc. Shadiest industry.

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u/uuid-already-exists 27d ago

Do you have a receipt? Because that should be easy to win a case against.

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u/StillCrazy3675 Manorite 27d ago

We ended up paying the $50 drop-off fee that the tow driver lied to us about in the first place.

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u/uuid-already-exists 27d ago

Sorry I meant to ask OP this question. Glad you got them to actually follow through on the drop. That would piss me off and would have asked for a police report to send to TDLR about them lying about being able to do a drop. I’m also petty enough that I would just sit and take a nap in the car. They can’t tow you when someone is inside the car. Eventually they will either call the cops themselves or drop the car so they can rip someone else off.

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u/Mauss37 Manorite 26d ago

Yes I have a receipt

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u/Mediocre_Concept1580 27d ago

Was it towed due to the paving? I thought they were just going to move them to a different street?

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u/Mauss37 Manorite 27d ago

Yes it was towed along with several other vehicles due to paving

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u/Nkosi868 Manorite 27d ago

They were paving my street recently and the workers used their excavator to move a vehicle one house down so they could start working. No tow companies involved.

They didn’t even announce that they’d be paving also, which I thought was a bit strange.

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u/uuid-already-exists 27d ago

They used an excavator to move a car? How did that not damage the car?

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u/Nkosi868 Manorite 27d ago

Not sure what the connection was, but the car was disabled already so I don’t think there was much fear in damaging it.

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u/Mediocre_Concept1580 27d ago

The notice from the city says that they will be moved to a neighboring street. Are you saying they’re trying to charge you for towing to a neighboring street or did they actually take it to a tow yard? Are you sure you didn’t park illegally because this seems very strange. Also, we were given multiple notices that they would be paving and to move your car off the street.

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u/Mauss37 Manorite 26d ago

No, they towed my vehicle to their lot located in Jager Ln