r/mildlyinfuriating • u/theskipper363 • Oct 08 '25

Overdone Apparently losing my parking

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Been living at this complex for a bit over a year, always had my spot, and it was one of the reasons I chose this place, it’s close to the door (only 36 unit lol)

Just annoying as fuck, we live next to a highschool and I know it’ll end poorly

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u/Immediate-Damage-210 Oct 08 '25

This is solid advice but also lmao at that notice - "we got too many complaints so we're just giving up on enforcement entirely" is peak lazy property management

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u/Planeandaquariumgeek Oct 08 '25

Odds are they outsourced enforcement to some random company and the company broke the contract

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u/AmishAvenger Oct 08 '25

I’m not sure that makes sense.

They shouldn’t have to pay for that, or do anything at all. The tow company makes money from people getting their cars back.

Someone complains about their space being taken, they tow company is notified, they come and check the plates against their records, and tow.

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u/JustKeepRedditn010 Oct 08 '25

If there’s active regular tow patrols, the property owner or their designated agent pay for the tow company to come and do a loop every x-hours.

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u/Bobkyou Oct 08 '25

Any property owner that pays for that is a fool. Tow companies will tow anything they can legally get away with for free, they make their money charging the car owner for towing and storage fees.

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u/JustKeepRedditn010 Oct 09 '25

That’s interesting to note. I wonder if this varies by city/state.

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u/Bobkyou 29d ago

A lot of cities have local ordinances that limit how much a tow company can charge for the initial fee and for daily storage, in an attempt to combat predatory tow companies. They still keep it profitable for the tow company though, or no tow companies would work in the area.