Pepe’s heavy duty towing gets sideswiped in a hit-and-run

I wasn't really agreeing with you, nor was I really disagreeing. Tow companies charge what the market will bear. I have no problem with that. After all you should be too in whatever you are doing. Be it company driver or o/o. I seriously doubt you see a rate for $5 / mile and go "I think I'll call and offer them $4 / mile as that's not a fair price."

It's the same as any company, business, etc. If everyone in an area is charging $500 for a tow, that, by definition, is the going rate and is "fair" If one quotes $500 for a tow and adds another $500 in fees, then you might have a point. While I'm sure that does happen, I'd be very surprised if it happens commonly. After all most of a companies tows will still be local companies and they will go elsewhere if they get screwed.

 

Why don’t you buy a fleet of rotator tow trucks and chase them out of business with your low rates?

 

Just gotta outlast the competition because if you don't, the competition just picked up a few wreckers cheap when you bankrupt yourself.

 

It is expensive. Most of the time it's fair considering their overhead. However, my problem is with the scumbag wreckers that mkve like snails on purpose and add as many extra pieces of equipment as well as people to the bill they can possibly muster up. They're the ones that make me sick. I have a towing background and a large percentage of them are crooks. Don't even get me started on impounds and repos.