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beernard
Average Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 16 Apr 2010 : 19:59:58
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| I have just met the chap who has had his white van clamped outside the charity shop in the village. He only parked it there this morning in the non resricted parking zone. Not very good for the local traders. Be warned if you go shopping in the village. I wonder who is behind it?!! The mobile number on the clamp is switched off and the police can't do anything about it. The van onwner is a local man too! |
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Angmeringite
Senior Member
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Posted - 16 Apr 2010 : 21:02:54
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| Shame they don't seem to clamp the many people who choose to park in the only disabled bay in the village centre without displaying a disabled badge |
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Rob
Average Member
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Posted - 16 Apr 2010 : 21:52:47
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| i saw that van today, it had a few posters on it, and i noticed the clamping, and i was wondering what was going on, and who done it, I hope the owner gets the issue sorted out and if anyone gets a update on whats going on i would like to hear from them, as its somewhat worrying.. |
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BFA
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 Apr 2010 : 22:27:54
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.This caused quite a bit of discussion in/outside the shop today.
There is no company name on the clamp or on the notice, which was on the drivers window and not the windscreen and was not in a waterproof cover.
The vehicle was taxed (not that that has anything to do with a private clamping company) and in an unrestricted bay on the public highway.
We thought that either it was a practical joke or someone had clamped their own vehicle whilst on holiday to prevent theft and printed out the notice themselves to make it look official.
Seems totally illegal to me, the padlock has got a nice long shackle and a pair of bolt croppers would make short work of it |
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Kitty
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 Apr 2010 : 23:49:52
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| Whoever has clamped that poor man's van needs naming and shaming. I am sure that someone in this village has a pair of bolt cutters and will happily lend them to him. As and when the person who put the clamp on there eventually materialises i hope there are enough locals around to make their feelings known to the imbecile. |
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Angmeringite
Senior Member
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Posted - 17 Apr 2010 : 11:05:44
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| Not taxed! |
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240felicia
Senior Member
172 Posts |
Posted - 17 Apr 2010 : 14:22:51
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in which case it's the "poor man" who didn't bother to pay his road fund license like the rest of us mugs that should be named and shamed...
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beernard
Average Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Apr 2010 : 15:16:23
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| Do you mean his van is not taxed or is that a guess?? |
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Kitty
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Apr 2010 : 17:43:41
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| If the van is taxed, as stated by BFA in his comment, then yes he is a 'poor man' and does not deserve to be named and shamed, if not then 240felicia lets name and shame the man as i guess none of us have done anything wrong in the past or made a mistake. Taxed or not this illegal clamping should never have taken place. I agree with you Beernard, shoppers beware! |
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beernard
Average Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Apr 2010 : 18:27:16
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| If a car has no tax do they not just take it and crush it? and if they do clamp it im sure the number you had to call would answer and not be a mobile number that is switched off! Illegal clamping is wrong and i hope the owner of the van has got it removed or cut it off him self. I believe he is allowed to use reasonable force to get his property back if he has done nothing wrong, from a legal point of view? |
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patty
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Apr 2010 : 18:31:40
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Poor Man. yes I felt sorry for him yesterday. No idea who he was and to my memory have never spoken to the guy. it seemed it was a nasty prank by someone, (we presume).
I had actually bothered to find someone with some bolt croppers who would lend them to him, and hoped to see whoever this poor man was today, to give him a phone number of someone who would help him get the padlock off.
However, the poor man was speaking to a chap in the village this morning and he seemed to know who did it........it was the old cow who runs the framing shop. The chap he was speaking to happened to be my other half!
Perhaps the poor man had spoken in a similar way about someone else who was not so understanding.
The old cow says: May the fleas from a thousand camels infest his underpants.
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any comments and views listed above are those of myself personally and not as a Parish Councillor, and in no way reflect opinions of the Parish Council or any other professional bodies |
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Angmeringite
Senior Member
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Posted - 17 Apr 2010 : 19:25:04
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| Sorry my comment about "not taxed" was wrong i had misread the previous comments. |
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Lulu
Advanced Member
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Posted - 17 Apr 2010 : 20:31:24
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Oops! I think I posted my reply to this somewhere else, so if you come across it, this is where it should be.
Patty, you're a lot more understanding than I'd be, and it's lucky for the man your other half didn't deck him one, after a remark like that about his wife!! |
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240felicia
Senior Member
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Posted - 17 Apr 2010 : 20:44:05
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well if he's taxed it then that's obviously nothing to do with it
since it's been brought up, in case folks dont know, if your car is parked on a public road without valid road tax paid, it can be clamped and you must pay up within 24 hours or it gets towed!
this guy doesnt happen to be a part time clamper himself does he, and someone has perhaps exacted their revenge???
had to laugh at your post patty - what a tactless man  |
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Kitty
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 Apr 2010 : 00:47:35
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If the rumour mill is true Patty, that you spent most of your day when it happened trying to contact the mobile number on the clamp, then i would hope this filters back to the gentleman who owns the van, and an apology wings its way to you.
Prank or not whoever is involved with this has a lot to answer for if it is stopping the van owner going to work. It does seem very odd the mobile number is switched off for so long and the clamp is still in place. Maybe the answer lies on the notice that was served? |
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patty
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 Apr 2010 : 18:10:58
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Oh dear Kitty. Rumour mill is just about that and as usual for rumours, so, so wrong.
For the record, I did not make ANY phone calls to the number on the van.
We do not have clamping in the village, so it was obviously a prank or malicious action.
Either way, I actually do have better things to do with my time.
As I said earlier, I made a couple of enquiries with regard to boltcroppers to assist the chap, but as I had no idea who he was or where he lived I could only wait until he appeared to give him some phone numbers that were willing to help him.
By the time that happened, due to his earlier conversation with my better half, I was too busy trying to find some camels!
Perhaps I should be flattered that this rumour is about me, but then I guess while that is happening at least someone else is being left alone.
edit: by the way the chap removed it with a hacksaw later in the day. |
any comments and views listed above are those of myself personally and not as a Parish Councillor, and in no way reflect opinions of the Parish Council or any other professional bodies |
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Kitty
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 Apr 2010 : 22:09:45
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| Thats village life for you Patty. At least the rumours were pleasant ones and not malicious for a change! |
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240felicia
Senior Member
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Posted - 19 Apr 2010 : 10:09:31
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| so there is a clamped van there this morning which was not there last night. is this the same one as before? |
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neil
Forum Owner / Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Apr 2010 : 11:42:35
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Yes, same one. As Patty said, he removed the clamp with a hacksaw.
However, this morning, another clamp is back on the van and this time with a heavy duty padlock, and heavy chain behind the wheel. The same notice is back on the van.
It seems that this is about much more than illegal parking or an untaxed vehicle! |
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jammer
Senior Member
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Posted - 19 Apr 2010 : 12:31:14
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Has anyone mentioned this to the PCSO?
Come to think of it, I have never seen the new one though!
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neil
Forum Owner / Moderator
United Kingdom
2623 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2010 : 13:01:27
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| The Parish Council has informed the police. |
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burlington bertie
Average Member
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Posted - 19 Apr 2010 : 17:32:14
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Questi rifiuti di firme ma ha un bell'aspetto all'occhio non qualificato. |
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neil
Forum Owner / Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 21:22:06
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| This morning the van had gone! |
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