Clampers.. what a joke!

Sup sup dudes and dudettes!

Something i really need to rant about is about the clampers going around Dublin , clamping cars that are parked “illegally”!

A couple of nights a week I do chinese deliveries. Now usually I park outside the customers house or apartment block give them the chinese and then scoot off to do another delivery. Last night panned out a little differently thanks to the clampers and I want to ask you guys did I get what I deserved.

I pulled up to an apartment block where EVERY parking space was “reserved”, meaning I didn’t want to park in one of the spots in case I got clamped (funny enough). So I decided to pull right up into a yellow box which was labelled “Fire access only” just so that I could see my car from the apartment block. I left the car unlocked and turned on the Hazard lights. I rang the apartment bell , waited for him to answer the door then exchanged the food for money (usual procedure). I turn around to see some guy taking pictures of my car. I shouted at him but was completely ignored! I got to my car then only to find it clamped for “parking illegally”. After explaining my situation to them I was told that there is nothing that they can do and that I should “call my mom” to help me out which seriously annoyed me!

The release fee was 120 euro and I am debating whether or not i should dispute it! I was gone literally 90 seconds! It felt like they were hiding in a bush and just jumped out once i had left! Also something that intrigued me was I left my car in an “illegal spot” thus meaning I had to be clamped, however I returned to the car while they were still there meaning technically that they were facilitating the car being left parked illegally! Am I not right?

By them refusing to declamp my car they were leaving my car at a fire access thus causing an obstruction should anything bad occur. So I am curious to know what would have happened if I didn’t have the money? Would the clamping company be then prosecuted for leaving a car “illegally”?

It really got to me as I lost 2 hours work and 120 euro went straight out of my pocket and into theirs for something that I feel was unfair!

What you think? 🙂