National Clamps – I beat them!

Posted by - admin
April 30, 2010 | Category: Latest News | Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, National Clamps decided to immobilise my car. Fair enough I’d have thought had I actually been parked illegally …. but I wasn’t. The permit was in the windscreen, in date and valid for where I’d parked. And here’s the proof.
Illegally Clamped by National Clamps permit in view.
I got back to my car to find the dreaded ‘boot’ and great big fuck off sticker warning me not to try and drive away. If anyone knows how to release these clamps without doing any criminal damage to them – leave a comment below please.
Clamped Illegally by National Clamps.
National Clamps Notice.
I took these pictures on my phone instantly and then rang the number. An ignorant – no other word will do here – bitch answered and simply wouldn’t believe the permit was on. She simply told me in no uncertain terms to pay or she’d hang up on me. The fee? £83.

With no other way of getting out of it I paid… and about ten minutes later their goon arrived. Mr Gary Khan is his name. And here’s a pic of him before the next part….
Gary Khan - National Clamps Operative. He Clamped me illegally.
Clamper and damn proud of it. After he’d released me, I asked if he’d been the one who clamped me and he said no. Liar. I persistently demanded to know who had – so he threw the clamp down and squared up to me, chest out, fists clenched – voice raised telling me ‘don’t fuck with me’. Charming man. Well, brave I’m not, so I backed down. I’m not gonna argue too far with such a butt ugly goon. He’d already threatened me and I was pretty sure he’d have a go if I pushed too far.

But – the car park only had one way in and out. So I parked in his way and held him up for about half an hour… roughly as long as he’d held me up. Here’s a pic of him waiting..
Gary Khan - Clamped me illegally. National Clamps. And he's got a kid in his van.
Gary told me what I was doing was called ‘Entrapment’. What a total wanker. This is him taking a pic of me blocking his exit.
Gary Khan Clamper - National Clamps

So – off I went home, typed up a letter, sent them the photos and demanded a refund and told them I’d take them to County Court if they didn’t repay the money they’d effectively stolen from me.
A day or two later a letter arrived refusing me and telling me that as far as they were concerned that was that. And tough shit. So – next step – I issued a County Court summons for my £83 plus £25 costs. At first they said they’d defend… then as if by magic a letter arrived with a very nice refund cheque including my court costs. The letter said ‘they couldn’t attend court’. No idea why. Other than they are clearly a bunch of robbing bastards that knew I had the law on my side and they’d lose?

So here’s the thing. If you get clamped by any company (but especially National Clamps) and you’re parked legally – fight the bastards. You’ll win in the end.

I’m happy – I beat a bully.

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Blyton Rally Cross

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November 11, 2009 | Category: Latest News | Leave a Comment

Just to let you know I will be photographing this Sunday at the Blyton Rally Cross meeting (near Gainsborough, Linconshire). I can’t find a website for the event, so if you know of one let me know and I’ll post it up here for everyone to find.

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Zenfolio integration with Wordpress

Posted by - Andy
November 7, 2009 | Category: Latest News | Leave a Comment

You might notice the new Zenfolio slideshow on our front page – a nice addition to the site and a great way to view all Lisa’s pictures. The full screen option is very good too I think. Problem is – no one has yet written a decent plug-in for Wordpress (that I can find at any rate) to integrate the Zenfolio albums into our pages. The plug-in recommended by Zen doesn’t fuction well at all as far as I can see. So – if any clever Wordpress geeks out there fancy a challenge – get one written! Alternatively – if you know of a plug-in we can use please let us know. Ta.

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Site Updates

Posted by - Andy
November 4, 2009 | Category: Latest News | 3 Comments

Hello all – Pleased to say the Grassin Vidz and Pix site is coming along nicely now. We’ve now added links to all the Autograss clubs, Lisa is busy filling the Calendar with dates for 2010 for all clubs and so on… Keep checking back – more updates due soon!

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