Wednesday, May 20, 2009
News Time and Place: Booted
Posted by Joeff Davis @joeffly on Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:26 PM
This photo was taken at 1201 Peachtree Street on May 18. Adam Perdue works as a delivery driver for a local Deli and he stops at Colony Square two to three times a week to make deliveries. On this day his car was booted while he was inside the building delivering someone’s lunch. Jason did not have any money on him to pay for the boot removal, so he had to call the store he worked at and ask them to send over the $50. “Its gonna cost me $50 to get this thing off my car and so far today I have only made $30,” he said.“Unbelievable man, I am just trying to make a living.”
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
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It sucks to get booted, but illegal parking is illegal for a reason. I'm pretty sure that delivery parking for Colony Square is around the back, off the 15th Street entrance.
I work in this building, and I can imagine it sucks having to deliver food here.
As Darin mentioned, he should have parked in a courier/delivery spot. Consider it a $50 lesson.
If you only boot one tire, they can put on the spare and drive away. Later on, cut it off. Some boots have a cable that also goes through the cars frame or suspension to prevent just that method of debooting. Guess how I know that? :-)
Booting by private companies should be illegal. If they want to tow the car, and charge for that, OK. But to charge for putting on the boot? That's just letting them levy fines on people they have no contract with. It doesn't help anyone -- it doesn't actually move the car out of the way -- and punishment should be the sole privilege of the government. That said, don't park in a no-parking zone. It's either illegal or rude or dangerous or some combination.
My understanding is that booters only operate on private property. Question, which is better for the car owner, boot or tow? The answer is obvious.
Colony Square management--Tishman Speyer- is still booting at Colony Square. I got booted a few months ago--honestly didn't see the two hour parking signs. (A relative has an office there for a family business.) Went to security desk in lobby of Colony Square, got the Tishman management phone number, called and apologized, but no luck. Had to pay $75 fee on the spot. I later emailed local management to explain--and they couldn't have been bigger jerks. I no longer visit Colony Square for anything--don't even visit my relative's office--we go elsewhere for meetings. Life is toooooo short to put up with this type of behavior.
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