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I have had my car parked with an LAX long term parking company for most of the past four years. I picked it up once after a year and change and drove it for a few months then dropped it off and haven't been back since. It has currently been with them for a little over two years.
I called to check on it and was told by the night watchman that he remembered seeing the 'lien paperwork' on it two months ago and that it has 'most likely' been sold. He told me to call back in four hours to talk with the day manager.
I'm furious! For one it is a small company and each time I have come in they recognize me and they know that I leave it for long periods of time and they joke about it with me. I specifically asked if I could leave it there for years and they pointed to a Dodge Viper that they said had been there for over three years and said no problem.
Now these scum bags have evidently used some clause in the contract I signed to sell my car! Admittedly I was an idiot for not reading the contract, or even keeping a copy of it. But jesus f'n christ.
So my question is what recourse do I have given that they told me I could keep it there an unlimited amount of time? Will I get any of the money from the sale? Any lawyers or anybody with experience or knowledge of this, please chime in.
If they had kept it stored I'd owe them about $6k right now. I just looked up the book value on my car and its worth $20k (private party via kbb.com). So this is something to fight for, even get a lawyer.
I imagine if they sold it they probably auctioned it and got $12k or something and will trump up the charges I owe them to damned near that amount and send me a check for $314.94 or maybe even have the audacity to claim that I owe them money.
Please don't preach about the merits of leaving my car parked for that long at that expense. I didn't plan to be away this long and I may return at anytime - I like having a nice car waiting for me if/when I go back home.
I called to check on it and was told by the night watchman that he remembered seeing the 'lien paperwork' on it two months ago and that it has 'most likely' been sold. He told me to call back in four hours to talk with the day manager.
I'm furious! For one it is a small company and each time I have come in they recognize me and they know that I leave it for long periods of time and they joke about it with me. I specifically asked if I could leave it there for years and they pointed to a Dodge Viper that they said had been there for over three years and said no problem.
Now these scum bags have evidently used some clause in the contract I signed to sell my car! Admittedly I was an idiot for not reading the contract, or even keeping a copy of it. But jesus f'n christ.
So my question is what recourse do I have given that they told me I could keep it there an unlimited amount of time? Will I get any of the money from the sale? Any lawyers or anybody with experience or knowledge of this, please chime in.
If they had kept it stored I'd owe them about $6k right now. I just looked up the book value on my car and its worth $20k (private party via kbb.com). So this is something to fight for, even get a lawyer.
I imagine if they sold it they probably auctioned it and got $12k or something and will trump up the charges I owe them to damned near that amount and send me a check for $314.94 or maybe even have the audacity to claim that I owe them money.
Please don't preach about the merits of leaving my car parked for that long at that expense. I didn't plan to be away this long and I may return at anytime - I like having a nice car waiting for me if/when I go back home.
