California Man in 4-Day Standoff with Abandoned Amazon Truck in Driveway
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#2Can he … take it for a ride around the block? It’s clearly abandoned. He gave adequate notice. It should be his.
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#3Can he … take it for a ride around the block? It’s clearly abandoned. He gave adequate notice. It should be his.
It sounds like it barely moves, so I'm guessing that's not an option. He doesn't have the pink slip so he can't really sell it or donate it properly.
Maybe he should start charging Amazon rent for the parking spot.
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#4Can he … take it for a ride around the block? It’s clearly abandoned. He gave adequate notice. It should be his.
Just walk around the bad part of town loudly proclaiming into your cell phone:
"Oh no, Amazon left a brand new Sprinter van in my driveway at 123 Fake Street, it's unlocked and the keys are in it. That's 123 Fake Street, anyway I'll be gone all weekend."
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#5Can he … take it for a ride around the block? It’s clearly abandoned. He gave adequate notice. It should be his.
Just walk around the bad part of town loudly proclaiming into your cell phone: "Oh no, Amazon left a brand new Sprinter van in my driveway at 123 Fake Street, it's unlocked and the keys are in it. That's 123 Fake Street, anyway I'll be gone all weekend."
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#6"I’m not going to have the vehicle towed. Amazon should be able to figure this out. So now it’s an act of defiance. I did not follow Amazon’s instructions to just call the cops and have it towed."
There's a simple fix, and he didn't want to do it. Instead, he's whining on the Internet, blaming a company that doesn't own the vehicle and can't do anything about it, either.
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#7put it into neutral and push it into the public street, off your property line, then call the traffic cops. not your problem anymore.
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#8Looks like the guy is enjoying the story )))
Re: California Man in 4-Day Standoff with Abandoned Amazon Truck in Driveway
#9Can he … take it for a ride around the block? It’s clearly abandoned. He gave adequate notice. It should be his.
It sounds like it barely moves, so I'm guessing that's not an option. He doesn't have the pink slip so he can't really sell it or donate it properly. Maybe he should start charging Amazon rent for the parking spot.
Amazon most likely does not own it, hence Amazon telling him to have it towed.
The guy is being an idiot looking for publicity.
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#10"I’m not going to have the vehicle towed. Amazon should be able to figure this out. So now it’s an act of defiance. I did not follow Amazon’s instructions to just call the cops and have it towed." There's a simple fix, and he didn't want to do it. Instead, he's whining on the Internet, blaming a company that doesn't own the vehicle and can't do anything about it, either.
Yeah, I'm not sure why spend hours on the phone with Amazon if they don't want to deal with it, when it should be a relatively quick call with Law Enforcement dispatch and then the problem will be solved whenever they can get around to sending an officer and then a tow truck. +/- if they need to leave a notice for some amount of hours/days.
Assuming Amazon is as with it as ever, they won't pick it up from impound and eventually it'll get auctioned to pay the impound fees, and the registered owner will get a check for the proceeds minus impound and administrative fees, which should be a decent sized check if it's only got 400 miles, has the keys even if it's got an engine issue.
Alternatively, the vehicle probably has a lien, if the registration is in the car, the lienholder contact could be in there too and just call them.