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Google Gets Woman Out of $600 Tow Fee

by Tom Conlon on September 27, 2007 at 10:12 AM

Google Gets Woman Out of $600 Tow Fee
Consumer advocacy site The Consumerist has spotted a story out of Fort Worth, Texas of a woman using the power of Google to fight an illegal tow. Dottie Kitchen had her ride jacked by a local tow company (for reasons not explained) and was slammed with a stiff $600 fine. After forking over the cash to free up her wheels, Dottie took to Google to do some recon on Preferred Auto Adjusters -- the company that had been holding her car for ransom. As it turns out, the tow shop had had its license revoked during the time Dottie's car had been towed. Though the license was reinstated shortly after, Dottie realized her car had been towed illegally. She got her money back, and now Preferred could be in the hole for as much as $30,000 in fines for illegally towing Dottie and several others during that time it didn't have a license.

Who needs superheroes these days when we've got Google?

From The Consumerist

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Tags: consumer, surveillance, tow

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