Student’s Sweet Tow Truck Revenge
YouReport — By Staff on August 11, 2009 at 9:59 pmThey lurk in the shadows late at night, preying on unsuspecting and often intoxicated students walking to their cars after a night at the bar.
The horrifying creatures can be unforgiving.
They are tow trucks — and can be a college student’s worst nightmare.
But when 19-year-old FSU student Jordan Renken walked out of a Tallahassee bar to find his car snatched in the middle of the night, he crafted a plan for payback — with 8,800 pennies.
What happened next involved police, profanity and one pissed off tow truck clerk. And they caught it all on camera:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzc8vS-ac-g
Related Links:
FSU Student Paper’s Article on Tow Truck Payback
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Wow….”unsuspecting and often intoxicated students walking to their cars after a night at the bar.”….Oh man bro!!! Guess we can’t drive home drunk now, huh!? How did you get accepted into college? But don’t cry! This site will publicize your immaturity and enable others to take your side!
The only reason this works is because they consider it a debt he has to repay to get his car. Good thing the cops were on their side. Next time he should try $2 bills
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Section 31 U.S.C. 5103, entitled “Legal tender,” states: “United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues.”
According to the US Treasury’s website:
“This statute means that all United States money as identified above are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise. For example, a bus line may prohibit payment of fares in pennies or dollar bills. In addition, movie theaters, convenience stores and gas stations may refuse to accept large denomination currency (usually notes above $20) as a matter of policy.”
Source:
http://www.treas.gov/education/faq/currency/legal-tender.shtml#q1
Jason: this isn’t a city towing, its a private tow company. a lot of times they just tow for profit on private property. I had a tow company claim my friends car was parked without moving for weeks in a guest parking spot, so they towed him, even though he was only over for a few hours. My roommate also was towed a few years back for not having a the peg landing decal on his car, when we went to the tow yard, the current decal was STILL on the car. Both times, of course, they wouldn’t return the car until they were paid in full for stealing the car.
I love how everyone wants to blame tow truck drivers when they are the ones who parked ILLEGALY. If you park illegaly you will be towed, plain and simple.
this is fricking great, shows those tow truck assholes not to pick on college students.