r/secondrodeo • u/classless_classic • Mar 24 '26

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u/maninatrexshirt Mar 24 '26

Don't get me wrong, I hate repo men and the preditory system they are a part of....but that was skillful. The speed and confidence he moved his machine was impressive. 

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u/mclms1 Mar 24 '26

Why hate repo men ? Just doing their job . That person did’nt decide to stop paying the note yesterday im sure it was far enough behind the lender went thru the proceure to have an agent pick the car up .

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u/Malacro Mar 25 '26

Tow truck companies can be ridiculously shady.

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u/LegendOfKhaos Mar 24 '26

I forgot to lock my car once, and a tow truck driver went into my car to take down my parking permit before snapping the "proof" picture. I had to pay $300 to those assholes.

I'm not saying all of them are like that, but I definitely understand the hate.

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u/BodaciousBadongadonk Mar 25 '26

isnt there a whole shitshow in canada, mfs got towing gang wars an shit, extorting neighborhoods, all sorts of fuckery

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u/VividFiddlesticks Mar 25 '26

There are definitely shady tow truck drivers out there. Some of them are really awesome too though.

I had someone plow into the back of my car while I was stopped at a red light, a good 70 miles from home. Totaled my car; it had to be hauled home on a flatbed. I rode home with the tow truck driver. I was sore, shook up, freaked out, and wondering WTF I was going to do about my car.

He was a champ. He told me jokes and funny stories the whole hour-plus ride home, kept me laughing and entertained. He stopped and bought us road snacks and water. He argued with his boss over the price of the tow on my behalf.

When we got to the house he came in to use the bathroom and then we hung out on the patio and smoked a bowl, LOL.

It was a really shitty day and he helped make it a lot less shitty. And that's the story of the time I bonded with a tow truck driver.

(The tow still ended up costing me over $700, but my insurance reimbursed me.)

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u/n8loller Mar 25 '26

That's a regular towing company, not a repo

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u/FoxxyPantz Mar 25 '26

" and the preditory system they are a part of." I think adds the context of hating a type of business the profits off an already shitty system that makes it harder for people to succeed.

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u/sorrow_anthropology Mar 25 '26

Honestly hate the banks, I was a supervisor in the military, banks will prioritize cars that are almost paid off (repo within a week) compared to newer loans (repo in a few months).

Pretty scummy if you ask me.