Comments on: How To Beat Illegal Car Clamping Scammers – And Save £300 The highs and lows of running ArenaFlowers.com, warts and all. And other stuff. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:52:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Jason http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/comment-page-1/#comment-6396 Jason Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:55:23 +0000 http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/#comment-6396 I got stung last Thursday on private property (stationery for less than 2 minutes) when SEC & Associates turned up and clamped me. Final fee to have the clamp removed = £410.00 £200.00 unclamping fee £150.00 tow truck fee - even though none was called £ 50.00 after 17.00 hrs call out fee £ 10.00 card fee What I have found out since that even though this clamper had a licence (SIA) the rules of issue from SIA states that the front line employee who is directly involved in the clamping process MUST at all times be wearing their licence - mine did not... I got stung last Thursday on private property (stationery for less than 2 minutes) when SEC & Associates turned up and clamped me. Final fee to have the clamp removed = £410.00

£200.00 unclamping fee
£150.00 tow truck fee – even though none was called
£ 50.00 after 17.00 hrs call out fee
£ 10.00 card fee

What I have found out since that even though this clamper had a licence (SIA) the rules of issue from SIA states that the front line employee who is directly involved in the clamping process MUST at all times be wearing their licence – mine did not…

]]> By: Will – Priority Juggler http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/comment-page-1/#comment-5059 Will – Priority Juggler Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:00:12 +0000 http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/#comment-5059 Hi David. Your comment certainly raised a chuckle in the Flowers HQ office! Cutting the wheel off one of our vans would be pretty amusing to see the clamper's face as you handed them the wheel and clamp! Agreed though that it's a total rip off. A licence to print money for the clamping party. Not on. Hi David. Your comment certainly raised a chuckle in the Flowers HQ office! Cutting the wheel off one of our vans would be pretty amusing to see the clamper’s face as you handed them the wheel and clamp!

Agreed though that it’s a total rip off. A licence to print money for the clamping party. Not on.

]]> By: David butland http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/comment-page-1/#comment-5054 David butland Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:35:25 +0000 http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/#comment-5054 My view on car clamping is it is highway robbery Dick Turpin would have been proud of. IF your car is not worth a lot go and hire an engine driven disk cutter and cut the wheel of with the clamp and let them have it. Making sure dont damage the clamp. Or if you know anyone with a tow truck get them to tow it home for you clamp and all. My view on car clamping is it is highway robbery Dick Turpin would have been proud of.
IF your car is not worth a lot go and hire an engine driven disk cutter and cut the wheel of with the clamp and let them have it. Making sure dont damage the clamp.
Or if you know anyone with a tow truck get them to tow it home for you clamp and all.

]]> By: Will – Priority Juggler http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/comment-page-1/#comment-4685 Will – Priority Juggler Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:49:50 +0000 http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/#comment-4685 Hi there...thanks for the comment. Very good advice...keeping one's cool in any situation of conflict is always to be advised as you'll just rile the other side otherwise. Great to hear that confirmed from someone who's actually been in the job though. Thanks for commenting! Hi there…thanks for the comment.
Very good advice…keeping one’s cool in any situation of conflict is always to be advised as you’ll just rile the other side otherwise. Great to hear that confirmed from someone who’s actually been in the job though.

Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Ex Clamper http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/comment-page-1/#comment-4684 Ex Clamper Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:38:13 +0000 http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/#comment-4684 To be honest I think clamping is nothing more than highway robbery, Clamping is actually classed as robbery in scotland, I used to be a clamper, I now make anyone I can aware of how to get out of the clamp, All the above info is good, But please remember to remain calm, as the clampers have heard ALL the sob stories before, You are far more likely to have a helping hand from the clampers if you are nice to them, In the time I was doing the job I was threatened with most weapons with those type of people I made dam sure they paid the fine, But the nice people I advised how to get off with the fine. To be honest I think clamping is nothing more than highway robbery, Clamping is actually classed as robbery in scotland, I used to be a clamper, I now make anyone I can aware of how to get out of the clamp, All the above info is good, But please remember to remain calm, as the clampers have heard ALL the sob stories before, You are far more likely to have a helping hand from the clampers if you are nice to them, In the time I was doing the job I was threatened with most weapons with those type of people I made dam sure they paid the fine, But the nice people I advised how to get off with the fine.

]]> By: Will – Priority juggler http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/comment-page-1/#comment-4243 Will – Priority juggler Mon, 26 May 2008 10:42:59 +0000 http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/#comment-4243 Hi Vanessa Sorry to hear you got stung. Still, given how greedy these people are, I guess you were lucky not to have got hit for the full £117.80. Hopefully, having read the above, this will be the last time you get taken in! Thanks for commenting and glad we were able to help. :) Hi Vanessa

Sorry to hear you got stung. Still, given how greedy these people are, I guess you were lucky not to have got hit for the full £117.80. Hopefully, having read the above, this will be the last time you get taken in!

Thanks for commenting and glad we were able to help.
:)

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/comment-page-1/#comment-4242 Vanessa Sun, 25 May 2008 22:37:04 +0000 http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/#comment-4242 Oh dear - I definately got scammed today after reading this... can't believe it... Did manage to pay £62 instead of initial £117.80 quoted. There was a sign up and I was on private property, but I think the person who clamped me was just cruising round looking for somebody to clamp who'd done the same thing as me. No mention of any company name etc. etc. I learnt my lesson - don't be so trusting! Oh dear – I definately got scammed today after reading this… can’t believe it… Did manage to pay £62 instead of initial £117.80 quoted. There was a sign up and I was on private property, but I think the person who clamped me was just cruising round looking for somebody to clamp who’d done the same thing as me. No mention of any company name etc. etc. I learnt my lesson – don’t be so trusting!

]]> By: Will – Priority juggler http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/comment-page-1/#comment-3882 Will – Priority juggler Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:09:56 +0000 http://www.arenaflowers.com/blog/2008/01/17/how-to-beat-car-clamping-scammers-and-save-300/#comment-3882 Interesting. Panorama (the BBC's flagship investigative journalism programme) did a fairly aggressive programme about the FIA tonight. Hmmm. I guess it makes following the above advice even more important. Interesting. Panorama (the BBC’s flagship investigative journalism programme) did a fairly aggressive programme about the FIA tonight. Hmmm. I guess it makes following the above advice even more important.

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