Oddkid wrote:Would you believe it, our other bike (CB500) has been stolen too leaving me with no work transport. Fortunately i've borrowed my Mums car for the time being. The Police have found the CB pretty messed up and are charging us £170 at least for storage.
How much bad luck can one couple get?
Feel for you Matt
This business of the police finding your bike then having it recovered and the recovery people charging you is, in my view, nothing but a scam.
I was wise to this when my son's scooter was stolen a few years ago. Fortunately my son's friends and ourselves combed Coventry for it and we found it. We informed the police that we'd found it (ie done the job they weren't bothering to do) and they wanted to come and get it from where we'd found it so they could hunt for clues .....
Knowing that would not turn up anything and would lead to a storage charge, I refused. The next day they came and checked it for prints - which led nowhere.
How did I get wise to this? Well prior to that my company car was stolen. It was found locally but rather than notifying me and giving me the chance to recover the car, they got Rowleys to recover it and take it away to be stored until my company paid up for it to be released.
I don't know for sure but it wouldn't surprise me if these recovery companies pay the police for the contract to recover the vehicles - then the police ask them to pick up the stolen vehicles without any consent from the owner ..... a scam!
Sorry for the rant but it pisses me off big-time
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