Walmart I10 Gulfport refund coming
Walmart I10 Gulfport, MS is refunding the money for the tow charge. The manager of the Walmart called Friday and today and stated the tow truck company was not authorized to tow our rv. The tow compan...
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Great to hear Brenda, very happy for you and kudos to the Walmart for doing the right thing. Hopefully Walmart will push a total ban on the tow company from ever gracing their property again and demand a double + refund of what they took from you and has cost Walmart or prosecute them for running a for profit operation on their property without approval and any other charges possible. That type of stuff has to stop!
On a side note.
I talked to the manager of our Walmart, the manager of Meijer (an upscale same type larger store than the big Walmart Supercenter store) and they said they could request an LEO to ask them to leave as no overnight parking is posted all over the 1840 vehicle parking lot and they both said yes they could but probably wouldn't without some other reason. Then asked the head of the county sheriff here where the 2 stores are located if a sheriff could order an RV towed if staying at either of the 2 stores overnight and he said "NO"! It's private property and they have no jurisdiction over vehicles parking unless the store manager requests them to act with a valid complaint. I asked, what if it's a written ordinance against overnight parking? He said an ordinance is only valid on public property and not on privately owned property. He added that they would ask the vehicle's owners to leave IF the manager requested it but would not call for a tow truck unless the vehicle's owner refused to comply or broke other laws. As for towing, he said an LEO must be present and order the tow truck to come but may not touch the vehicle or hookup until after being told to by an LEO after the tow truck driver fills out the form answering the questions and signs his name and a company order number. LEO wants to know exactly where the vehicle towed is going to be at.
Other areas, cities, or states may have other ways of handling the same situation but I was sure satisfied with the answers I heard.
I found it interesting and a very sensible approach rather than allowing just any willy nilly able to call a tow truck to remove a vehicle.
On a side note.
I talked to the manager of our Walmart, the manager of Meijer (an upscale same type larger store than the big Walmart Supercenter store) and they said they could request an LEO to ask them to leave as no overnight parking is posted all over the 1840 vehicle parking lot and they both said yes they could but probably wouldn't without some other reason. Then asked the head of the county sheriff here where the 2 stores are located if a sheriff could order an RV towed if staying at either of the 2 stores overnight and he said "NO"! It's private property and they have no jurisdiction over vehicles parking unless the store manager requests them to act with a valid complaint. I asked, what if it's a written ordinance against overnight parking? He said an ordinance is only valid on public property and not on privately owned property. He added that they would ask the vehicle's owners to leave IF the manager requested it but would not call for a tow truck unless the vehicle's owner refused to comply or broke other laws. As for towing, he said an LEO must be present and order the tow truck to come but may not touch the vehicle or hookup until after being told to by an LEO after the tow truck driver fills out the form answering the questions and signs his name and a company order number. LEO wants to know exactly where the vehicle towed is going to be at.
Other areas, cities, or states may have other ways of handling the same situation but I was sure satisfied with the answers I heard.
I found it interesting and a very sensible approach rather than allowing just any willy nilly able to call a tow truck to remove a vehicle.
