My dad literally got booted in his assigned parking spot he's had for years at his apartment complex in Atlanta. We caught someone trying to boot my car when I was visiting him and the guy backed off as soon as he was confronted because he knew he wasn't allowed to do that. 100% predatory.
@@toyotacorollaaltis8613 yeah, spend a year or two in court, hundreds of hours of your time, with ten's of thousands in legal fee's, just to collect $1,000 in damages from the booting company. Sounds like the odds are really in the victim's favor here.
I feel you, but the companies mean damage to _the boot._ Like they said, if they just leave the boot on the scene post-removal, completely in tact, it's legal. These smart young women seem to be doing just that! 😎
I love this. I was booted myself IN my own apartment complex last year. I was walking out for work and caught the guy finishing up and asked him what he was doing. He immediately removed the boot. I was parked in my space in my complex. There was no reason to place a boot on my car, that’s predatory. I fully support this.
I was booted and my car was 3 hrs NEW…. Not used… new tags… they wanted me to pay them to remove the boot they wrongfully put on??? Nothing was found on my tags or my license for the boot. THESE GIRLS ARE HEROS!
@@ecbst6lol, not all businesses need that. Sole proprietors and independent businesses don’t. I think you’re trying to hate but it doesn’t change the fact that they’re getting money and bringing light to a real predatory problem in Atlanta.
@@Pricelesspennie And the Orange is still president, right? Denial doesn't become you. Not a business, they're a couple of social media LOOK AT MEs that can't get a real job.
@@Pricelesspennie And whos to say they arent the ones booting cars themselves?.. Cause they are charging people to take off the boot.. How are they any different than the city? The only reason you are cheering them on is because they are Black. And they are committing a crime in the process, Imagine that right lol.. You clearly dont see how it only takes money from the State Tax's and puts it into a Criminals pocket..
It’s absolutely predatory. I wish the bootgirls were around when I was working for Postmates. I had not a single place to park by a restaurant to pick up a customers food. There was a sign that said private parking from 9pm- 7am. It was 7:30pm. I parked there, WITH MY CAR RUNNING, but locked. I was in the restaurant for not more than 2 minutes because the food was already made. I came back and that fast my car was booted and I’m stuck there with a customers food that I’m sure they never received. I had to pay 125 dollars to get the boot off. It set me back so far that year, I was almost homeless. I hate these companies.
Yeah, when I was still working in DC 20 years ago. I parked my car on the street and it was Sunday, just 2 minutes, and I got a ticket for $100. I told the cop, Sir, it is Sunday, can I have a break? He said, Do you think the government doesn’t work weekends? I told him I thought DMV was closed on Sunday, but he still gave me a ticket anyway.
@@bobroberts2371 parking tenants are by definition the lowest common denominator. I had a guy try to boot my car thinking he had a different vehicle of the same make and model. So my anecdotal evidence alone disproves your silly position to defend property managers and land lords(cause they’re such victims ya know)
Love this, it’s easy to up our Police Department’s Prosecution Quota here. I’m not in Atlanta so this doesn’t concern me, but a year and a half ago when the prosecution quota went up, we started using “Bait Cars” with boots on them, calling these “Boot Girl” type companies, then as soon as they arrived to take the boot off, we have two of our uniformed officers arrest them. Though the boots are put on here by THE CITY, not some random private company. So when they remove them, it’s a felony offense. Most don’t actually see jail time unless they’re repeat offenders, but I’ve easily met my quota on several occasions running quick bait car operations. By all means, keep it up, you’re just making my life easier 😂😂😂
Im confused I thought boots were put on cars by the city for not paying parking tickets. So how are 2 chicks who just happened to get a boot key somewhere taking the boots off after people pay them instead? Isnt that illegal?
Booting is out of control in Atlanta, to the point where it is really a scam. I dont see this much in other cities, especially cities where only the police can order a boot supplied. We were in Atlanta about a year ago to see a specialist for my daughter and we parked in a lot, and paid for a full day. I came out a couple hours later and the car was booted as I had failed to put the parking pass where they could see the time stamp easily. I called, and was told that it was my fault and would have to pay for the unbooting. I did so when they came and removed it. I put the payment ticket where it could be better seen and even asked the guy that removed the boot if that was a good spot and was told yes. Later that day, around 3 we left and I found it booted again and when i called again was told that a "full day" ended at 2. This seemed like retaliation for calling the first time but not sure. This time I called the police and a officer came by, agreed that the whole thing was wrong as a full day should usually be at least 8hours and no signs were posted that said 2 pm. He told us sadly that the police have no control in private lots and these days it was almost better to illegally park on the street. He did, however, slip me a card along with a card with a case number which had a phone number and a message that they could remove the boot for a great deal less than i had been charged earlier. Very nice couple arrived promptly and removed the boot.
a day is 24 hours, if they said a "work day" ok, but a full work day is between 9 am to 5 pm which is 8 hours their "full day" ended at 2 pm something wrong with that.
if one company boots 100,000 cars at $75 per removal, that's $7,500,000, if there are 15 companies doing this it's a $112 million dollars a year industry. The private property claim is moot if you are not allowed to remove yourself from the premises.
It feels like extortion. In my city, a towing company was towing cars parked legally in a retirement community. Elderly people couldn't make their doctor's appointments.
@lucyross5478 Typically a private parking lot, in this case the parking lot owned by the retirement community, has a partnership with a towing company in order to reduce illegal parking. Why would the retirement community continue to use this towing service if what you say is true?
@@lucyross5478 They suck. $ sucks unless we're rich. Many of those cars (i visited mum in a facility) are visitors to their elders providing essential continuity of family to otherwise isolated parents. Parking shouldn't be a source of revenue like that. It's reasonable care of/for the elderly.
This is an example of when people take action, where the government, PAID BY THE PEOPLE, fails to protect people. An absurd that the citizens need to resort to this in order to get rid of such predatory activity!
This isn't the government booting. They cannot remove those boots legally. They are removing boots placed by private parking enforcement companies on private lots. It is not illegal to remove those boots (but it is illegal to damage/destroy them). Atlanta has a MASSIVE problem with predatory parking enforcement booting legally parked cars to boost revenue.
It's actually awesome what these girls are doing. Literally taking the money that these parasitic scumbags are not NOT going to get. Put them all out of business and I hope their daughters have to whore themselves out just to eat.
Greene. I wonder which party passed Citizens United and deregulated consumers Protection agency that gave corporations even more power to buy off your local public servants to private servants
We had a company dinner at Maggiano’s in Buckhead. We all parked in the restaurant parking lot. When we left the restaurant, my car was the only one being booted out of all my co-workers who happened to look different from me. The guy booting the car told me the restaurant had called as soon as they saw me parking. He took the boot off when I showed my receipt. I have never returned.
Happened to me in one of our work trucks. Stopped at walmart to buy lunch and came out to a booted truck. Cost me $300 to remove the boot. I called the cops, and they would not even come out. This was a company called Maximum Boot Co. All of them thieves, scam artists, and criminals.
I worked in the parking industry for over for over a decade. Making someone’s car stuck on your property just boggles my mind. Usually you just want people pay and leave and not cause you problems. Boot girls are doing a great service, but I hope they stay safe. Some people take their job too seriously.
I didn't understand that when I was in Boston and there were warning signs that one's car will be booted if one parks where one is not supposed to. In my state, one's car is towed if one parks on property where one doesn't have business. Rendering a car immobile where it wasn't wanted in the first place makes absolutely no sense.
I once got booted because I parked in a lot in Atlanta and the guy next to me who was leaving gave me his parking receipt because he still had over an hour left. I got booted and had to pay $100 and the guy said, "read the fine print. Parking is non-transferrable." What a BS industry. Preying on people being nice to each other.
Ngl, that was kinda dumb on your part and a learning experience, but at the most, you should have only had to pay the normal parking fee. $100 is insane and definitely predatory.
The replies to you are so weird haha. I've also given someone my parking receipt that had hours left on it so they could use it and it wasn't an issue at all. Sorry that people are acting like you committed some crime because someone was nice to you.
Boots should ONLY be used by Police. I am shocked that this is a business. It's a natural for strong-hand tactics on the part of boot owners. Like with bounty hunters, regulations aren't enough, the state should be the only authorized agency that can boot your car.
The value of the automobile normally out weights the alleged value of assumed suit (ticket) that is unlawfully applied. Not even " code enforcement agents " should have the ability to apply another apparatus of extortion against the people.
✨it also DO not free up the PARKING SPOT ✨ so what's the point? .... 👉🏽 outside profit & $$$ kickbacks towing REMOVE THE CAR ticket entry/security gate : allow in + out . Booting is inefficient for its purpose
those girls are running a for profit business which actually is illegal and so BELOW the legal business of installing the boots. There are MANY facts that were left out of this "new report" Ask yourself; Why do cars get booted in the first place? Was the car parked illegally? Did the car owner have multiple outstanding parking tickets?
@@someguydino6770watch the video and read. A lot if cars are illegally booted, even on private property/private residences. No one called, they’re driving around illegally booting cars that are parked legally. That’s why they’re represented.
I don't even live in that State but I applaud these girls, I was 3 days late paying my car taxes for being sick, and was booted on 3rd day in from of my home at a legal parking spot, when I got better had to pay transportation to be taken to City Hall and pay the taxes with fees plus late fees plus for it to be released. Then it took another day for them to come and release the boots. It was a horrible experience, and it is a horrible experience for many hard working low income families with children of all types. We as Americans are facing higher bills, higher taxes, and as always not enough pay. And to deal with this makes it even more unbearable. So I salute these women. Wish I could buy them coffee.
these 'hero' girls are charging just a little less than the boot company is! They aren't doing it out of kindness, they are just extorting for slightly less money.
For anyone that doesn't know, you can buy universal boot keys online for super cheap. Keep one on your keyring if your car gets booted. Most boot companies use the Titan Grip brand boots, so get a key that unlocks those.
I received a boot in a parking garage in Midtown Atlanta and I was in the spot legally. The tag, make and model of the car were registered accurately. The guy on the phone tells me “well are you sure your information is correct?”. Dude I know my car. It took him over an hour to take the boot off and his excuse was…..”I must’ve gotten your car confused with another one”. No sir! Obviously you can’t read. It’s so annoying. Same thing happened to my partner in Buckhead.
@@noosphericaltarzanthink about the time and hassle associated with what you figure you could possibly receive. You'd be investing more time for most likely a minimal return, that isn't even guaranteed. Not a lot of people have the time to do that.
@@seanquinn4787 I guess. I am a disabled veteran with a rare immune deficiency and nothing but time and isolation, so maybe my perspective is different. I'd take them to court just because I doubt I would even need representation and they'd be forced to settle on the spot. Just consider what would happen if you literally disabled anybody's vehicle out there just because you felt like it. That's what they did to this person, but even worse, because they were attempting to defraud innocent people in this racket.
So post a $1450 Attachment fee Notice on your car billing them for attaching stuff to your car. They attach anything poof they agreed to the contract now you can bill them with picture proof as your evidence. Take it to small claims if needed.
I live in Atlanta and I know firsthand there is out-of-control booting and towing. My apartment complex (Marchon) had my car wrongfully towed. Luckily we found our car. It was parked 4 miles away at a strip club. When I reached out to Atlanta police for help, they said it was between me and Marchon! Useless. I hired an attorney. 😏
Thank you for bringing this evil industry of booting to light especially when the cars that get booted are parked by people who visit a local store to give them $$. Atlanta cops should be investigated for kick backs.
I absolutely love the hustle and what they're doing for their local community. I don't consider them vigilantes I consider them protectors of their community.
To me they are a booting company they're just making their money off of someone else's boot. The boot company charges 75 and these two Make 50 of someone else's boot😂😂😂. And people think they're heroes. These two let someone else buy the boots and they make the money off of them. It's a crook making its money off the shoulders of another crook😂😂😂. Are they doing it for free? I didn't think so
Absolutely predatory industry. I am baffled how they can step foot onto private property to boot someone’s car, that should absolutely be illegal. So disgusting! I’m so proud of the girls taking care of their community, stay safe❤❤❤❤
This is so completely predatory. Yes, people need to park legally, which is an obstacle in large metro areas. They have turned it into a free-for-all by allowing so many different companies to do it with little regulation. These girls are amazing; just concerned for their safety 😮❤
The attorney makes a good point. If these property owners don’t want these cars to park illegally and teach them a lesson, then have the car towed. By having cars be booted, the space where car is booted is still being occupied which prevents a parking space for being available to another car. It seems like boots is just another way for property owners to make quick cash and save their own money and time without using a towing company.
100% this. I'm willing to bet that the property owners and the boot companies are splitting the profits from these fines and wouldn't surprise me if some property owners also own some of these boot companies.
We got booted in Atlanta a few years ago. The guy who came for the boot was obnoxious with an attitude and he really irritated me and I was just being casual about it. I can see where people would fly off the handle if they had to deal with that type of attitude under those circumstances. So, we didn't go into Atlanta for several years after that. Who would want to deal with this?
Yep. The same phenomenon is endemic in poor countries. “I’m a civil servant. Respect and bribe me.” That guy’s day wouldn’t be complete without provoking you. Where is this company located? I think a nail jacking campaign is a start.
Yeah, booting your car, charging you $80, and making you wait for them to come 'free you' is NOT enough - gotta give you some condescending attitude on top of it... He started to point to a sign or 2 we didn't see - as if we were blind but... we were just trying to enjoy ourselves as a family for a few hours on the weekend between working and I think the signs are not too easy to see or we would have seen them from the start. They don't want you to see the signs, probably. Anyhow, barely have gone to Atlanta for years now - who wants that headache, LOL! Just take our license plate number like the school cameras do and mail us a freaking bill - much easier and it still gets paid. That way, we enjoy the day and don't realize an $80 bill is coming in the mail but we just pay it when it arrives without some obnoxious young guy trying to provoke us - and he was trying to provoke us... Am I right? 😄 @@martinphilip8998
@@AirPurificationEducation 99% of the time you can tell even without a sign whether you are parking in a private lot. It doesn't matter what you were doing that day you were parked illegally, your example sounds like a very reasonable response by the property owner
100% not true at all. You are making multiple assumptions. You didn't see the parking lot - nor where the signs were located nor how large or visible they were. So you have absolutely no idea how easy it was to tell if it was a private parking lot or not. Plus, you were not there so you have no idea how the boot attendant behaved. So you have no idea whether it was a "very reasonable response by the property owner" or not. You simply don't know. 😄 @@Scott-fy7fm
@@c-mobucks4930 Who's to say they don't have someone who's booting the cars, telling them where it is, then they come and offer to remove it for $50. Nothing gets traced to the shitty tow company, these girls make bank and remove it or people don't trust it and call the towing company and pay stupid prices to get it removed. It's kind of the perfect scam.
You go girls!! It's absolutely disgusting that they are doing this to people's vehicles. Let one extremely unsafe!! People being stranded somewhere is unsafe! Keep up the good work and I hope the law can be passed to ban it.
Of course it's predatory and counter intuative. How can the solution to someone being parked in the wrong place, be to then trap their vehicle in said place?
Yes, tow them, charge even more money for them to get the car back, not to mention the cost of the taxi or Uber to get to the tow lot, the missed work, etc. Booting IS the more sane option. Or...just don't park where you aren't supposed to. The City needs to make sure the regulations are done correctly, so that lots are properly marked with signs, and that the property owners can legally and properly enforce parking on their own property for their employees, customers, residents, etc.
@@honestalbumreviews1164 Is the street in front of this home clearly posted as no parking? BTW , there is generally no law stating that the area in front of your home ON A PUBLIC street is your personal parking spot. Now, there might be a local law that issues parking stickers to allow for residents to park on the street. This is generally when parking is tight.
@@bobroberts2371 The problem is the booting companies are using predatory practices and the owners of the lot are in on it. They can stalk your car and put a boot on it a minute or two before your time expires. Then by the time you call the cops and at that point it becomes a your word vs their's situation. The cops are gonna side with the booting company because it's private property and it becomes a civil matter. It's just organized crime at this point and everyone involved is getting money from it.
@@bobroberts2371Is there a law that says its illegal to boot a legally parked car. NO, So is there anything stopping a boot company from illegally booting a car? NO, is there a financial gain for them too? Yes so it's ripe for boot fraud
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
Hey, you go ladies I support you, after being booted so many times when I lived in the ATL - I'd rather pay $50 than close to $400. Yes, it has become predatory in Atlanta.
I really would like for them to hire male muscle tho because it is great money‼️ plus when people see that men are backing the ladies they won't try to hurt the women or perform weird activities when they are alone
These girls are the real city girls 💪🏽 doing positive things you got to do bad things for the right reason at times someone’s got to do it. They made a business out of nothing!
I can’t believe this is happening. I thought the city could only boot your vehicle if you had too many violations. But for no reason but greed? I support this two ladies.
"You're illegally parked, and that interferes with other people's ability to park, so we put a boot on your car to make it so you can't move or leave. The problem isn't fixed, but at least we get to extort money out of you."
Love this! Good job ladies. Bopping my head listening to the background allowed my mind to relax after a long day at work. On top of that, my car needed a jump all because of that damn rain two weeks ago here in Vegas.
I grew up in Atlanta, and at one point I had to go to the dermatologist to get something frozen off (I was like 4 and don't remember what specifically I had). We leave the doctors office, im in pain and we have a boot on our car. These people absolutely sit and wait for people to park and boot cars for the hell of it. They then took an hour arguing with my parents before removing the boot. All while a sobbing 4 year old wrapped in cellophane (i dont remember why I was wrapped in cellophane) kept begging him to let us go home.
Maybe you had a problem with squirming so they just decided to wrap you up like a present. Maybe it's all a lie and you were involved in a secret government experiment kind of like the Tuskegee experiment. A lot of those used to happen in Atlanta years ago.
Not only are a lot of them predatory, a lot of them are straight up criminals stealing from people and some businesses owners get a kickback. Towing/booting are shady businesses. A few years ago I lived in the city with my roommate. They had gone to a store to pick up an order, but the main entrance was broken, so you had to enter through the small business next door. When my roommate got out, their car had been towed. Turned out the owner of the business had a deal with a local towing company and was towing anyone who parked in the parking for their business only and did not enter their business…but their door was non functional *and the business had signs up* directing you to go through the adjacent shop to enter theirs. They were able to make a lot of money and pay for that door😂 There needs to be bans were available and tight regulations everywhere else
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
@@gregkareem9824 Yes you are right. I have an idea for a new movie. A superhero that charges a fee. If you don't agree to pay he lets what ever happen to you. Of course it would be a comedy.
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
That boot company owner is lying they will boot you even if you paid are parked correctly! It is so bad that in the 13 years I have lived here, I don't even go to Atlanta!
I feel like this is going to happen more and more and I'm glad these girls are doing what they are doing. These businesses and these big cities they buy property and there's literally no where to park and land is running out some places. These boot companies pray on that and that's how they make their money... just like towing companies....
And the boot girls are extorting for slightly less money than the boot company! The news even interviewed the pimp that supplies the keys and controls the territory they work. They drive around parking lots looking for victims to prey on, leaving cards hoping they get lucky before the boot company does.
I love that they have found a solution to a problem and making money to better their lives and that of their family. Good for you ladies and the boot key man:). Good for yall!!
Yep, he sells the keys and manages the girls that perform the service. They sell their service slightly cheaper than the parking companies. Straight up boot prostitutes with a pimp and everything!
Or you can be like normal people and just give them a parking ticket, these ladies are helping the communites out... Those are some bs reasons to take something off of someone who is giving consent to remove the device
Exactly. I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
@republicansaretraitorstoth7594 I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
@@OmegaWolf747if you think that they don’t want people to keep getting booted you’re insane just because they charge people 25$ less then what a boot company would charge does not make them hero’s more like crooks
Interesting topic to discuss here. I’ve never had a boot on any of the cars that I’ve ever owned, but I can only imagine coming out of a store or business to find my car immobilized. Man I’d trip all the way out! The one thing that comes to mind for me is what if it were an emergency situation, U know, life or death. I get chills at the thought. 🤷🏾♂️
I went to NYC and the first day I've been booted 2 times. Yes this is a huge scam and they're going to use police to enforce that scam. Thank you for doing this Girls
Yep, he has the keys and manages the girls. Straight up boot prostitution with a pimp and everything! They sell their services for slightly less than the parking company that did the booting and have little to no overhead. If the parking lot manager boots and gets paid, they call it extortion, but if someone else removes the boot for cheaper, they are somehow a hero? The boot girls just extort in a different (and more profitable) way. I'd love to see their financials. I'm sure they are paying their taxes and business license fees to the city/state/feds like the parking companies do. @@gladitsnotme
Abide by road rules and laws, pay your ticket fines in a timely manner when you get 'em and you won't have to be concerned about your vehicle getting booted. Best to follow the law and avoid the hassle.
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
I love this story. Two young ladies working hard, making an honest living with an entrepreneurial spirit vs predatory booting companies and fat cats making side dime off of ruining peoples days. Saw one sign that showed that people would get the boot for bad parking. I see elderly people doing their very best to park and still kinda caliwonker their vehicles. I've done it myself and would be mortified if I returned to find my vehicle booted, leaving me stranded to pad some A holes pockets.
@@adventuresofbabyleonardoth5953 Have some compassion. I know, I have a "thing" about parking evenly within the lines so I'm not crowding anyone near me. (My Dad taught me many of my best driving skills -- he was a truck driver.) But sometimes someone else is crowding the line and if I parked straight I could not get out of my car!
@@adventuresofbabyleonardoth5953 attorneys here have already addressed this. It is actually not unlawful to remove boots here as long as said boots are removed and returned undamaged
@@adventuresofbabyleonardoth5953 There's moral, ethical, and legal. Laws can be both immoral and unethical. Keep in mind it wasn't that long ago that a certain population group couldn't even drink out of a waterfountain. When laws are immoral and unethical, people eventually fight back. That's how laws get changed.
🤡 like the entitled dumb b..tch that thought she could run over a police officer after she robbed a liquor store? You entitled criminals are hilarious 😂 🫵🏿🤡🤡🤡 You’ll find out soon via law enforcement and it won’t be pretty.
@convulsiive Peoples cars are getting booted for other reasons as well. If they really cared about people breaking the law, why not call the police and have them ticketed? Why hire private companies to lock someone's car in place, where they aren't supposedly supposed to park anyway, for money? The business is working with the boot company to have people's cars booted. You don't see the incentive to have people's cars booted unnecessarily here?
I’ve been hearing about these women for awhile, so good for them to be still helping out the community and no law enforcements trying to murder them 👏🏽
This is great. I recall picking my brother up from the bus station years ago. They were literally waiting in a truck and in 1 minute they had jumped out and booted the car.
Man no bs, I got hit with a boot TWO days in a row. $75/$80 each. Just going to school downtown. That’s the main reason I stop going to school downtown. These queens are doing everybody a favor forreal.
@@kg4gavThey charge so that they can afford to take time to do this. If you are able to buy your own key and do this for free - go for it. That would be pretty cool.
If you make the cost 20 bucks instead of 50, most people will pay it and not do it again. A parking ticket is usually 20 bucks so that's fair. I wouldn't ban it all together because the lot owners have rights too... Compromise, not taking sides is a better way to handle things.
Towing and booting in big cities has grown crazy. They will type without any laws being broken yet you still have to pay hundreds for only a few of being locked up. Our big business to these companies who know people need their cars for work know they’ll do whatever to get their car back. Shout out to people not afraid to go against these criminals taking advantage of citizens.
This. I live in a state where oil and gas is in charge and kills most initiatives for public transportation, and municipal leaders allow property owners to monetize surface parking and build acres and acres of parking garages.
This wouldn't be possible where I live in Germany. If you were to not pay the fee for the private parking lot they'd just send you an invoice with a hefty fee (I imagine something between 50-100€), which is fine since they have to cover their cost of obtaining your adress through your license plate number from the authorities. Most private parking lots/garages will have boom/gate at the entrance where you draw a ticket upon arrival and you'll need to go to a payment machine before exiting to clear the fee of the ticket, depending on the time spent parking. Nobody but the police is allowed to attach boots to cars here. I think it's completely out of place to use boots on cars to ensure a minor fee of maybe 100$ is paid. If you think about it, what if someone places a container blocking the entrance to your company or house just because you didn't pay for a delivery. That's just uncalled-for, it's out of place to block something worth tens- or hundreds of thousands $ for a minor fee. Just mail them the invoice, easy...
It's always a fee. I recall when I first moved to Atlanta, worked at AT@T downtown, parked at the lot across the street, put my $$$ in the little slot that matched my parking spot, no receipt , left work that afternoon car booted. What a effing scam. Just like the probation LLC' s just collecting $$$. We need to get rid of this fee culture
Remember when Batman charged people $50 per save? Me neither. Someone parks illegally and gets booted. Boot Girls remove the boot dor for $50. The prefatory behavior in this situation is by the Boot Girls. It is against the property owner whose property is being occupied illegally. If boot companies are applying boots illegally, that is a separate issue. The answer to that is to have swift and harsh punishments for the boot companies.
perhaps but that isnt helping the situation. if they stop booting what do you think will happen. they will tow instead.@@FalconAndTrident those chicks are just streetwalkers and that dude is their pimp, they are hustlin any fool willing to pay them
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
@@cnjhendricks I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
@@cnjhendricks ikr....all they’re doing is offering a $25-30 discount per time than the company would charge to remove (based on one of the signs shown). Not like they’re not doing it for free or even selling you a key
I had a neighbor in college who was an international student. He couldn’t believe they towed his vehicle from our apartment lot. He just went and stole it back lol.
100% allow these individuals to run their own business without the government interfering. This is a public service. This is the equivalent to random citizens, filling potholes.
I saw a pothole in the middle of a busy interstate .. So I got out and set up cones and filled in the pothole myself .. Granted I caused a major backup
A boot company tried to boot my ex boyfriends car in OKC at a job site he was at. He walked up on them, questioned them about the legality of booting his car at a job site where he was allowed to park. They ignored him until he opened his car door and grabbed a magazine for his AR in the truck and theu immediately apologized took the boot off and left. Come to find out they illegally booted 3 other vehicles in the lot of the workers
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My dad literally got booted in his assigned parking spot he's had for years at his apartment complex in Atlanta. We caught someone trying to boot my car when I was visiting him and the guy backed off as soon as he was confronted because he knew he wasn't allowed to do that. 100% predatory.
You can sue for that
I would have thought you'd shoot people for that in the USA? What are all the guns there for, can't be just for mass shooting events in schools.
@@moos5221
Ridiculous, just goes to show you don't know much.
@@toyotacorollaaltis8613 yeah, spend a year or two in court, hundreds of hours of your time, with ten's of thousands in legal fee's, just to collect $1,000 in damages from the booting company. Sounds like the odds are really in the victim's favor here.
they need to explain this better. Are the girls putting the boots on? If so, why are they called superheroes?
if removing the boot is criminal damage, then putting the boots on someone's car should also be criminals damage.
I feel you, but the companies mean damage to _the boot._ Like they said, if they just leave the boot on the scene post-removal, completely in tact, it's legal. These smart young women seem to be doing just that! 😎
@@Blissid_Waters
They should take the boots.
@@DQ_Minethat would be theft.
So if I get a key to your house and car, I can just come around and unlock them as long as I don't take anything? @@Blissid_Waters
Laws are not for the ppl wtf you talking
I love this. I was booted myself IN my own apartment complex last year. I was walking out for work and caught the guy finishing up and asked him what he was doing. He immediately removed the boot. I was parked in my space in my complex. There was no reason to place a boot on my car, that’s predatory. I fully support this.
Wow these ppl are ridiculous stealing money from hard working ppl nobody got extra money laying around for foolishness
@@Von.NorthEnd what an idiot. My car was paid AND is paid off. You have anything else you want to say?
@@Von.NorthEndif that were the case the guy would have put the boot then don’t you think
@VonGOMD they stated that they were in their space. What does a car note have to do with it?
@VonGOMD if you don't pay your car note that means repossession.. not a boot
I was booted and my car was 3 hrs NEW…. Not used… new tags… they wanted me to pay them to remove the boot they wrongfully put on??? Nothing was found on my tags or my license for the boot. THESE GIRLS ARE HEROS!
You must be part of the WOKE generation
I love these two women. “I thought we was gonna have to fight him.” 😂 they got ahold of a boot key, and now they have a business. Welcome to America
Really? What's their tax ID? They're listed with the Chamber of Commerce?
@@ecbst6lol, not all businesses need that. Sole proprietors and independent businesses don’t. I think you’re trying to hate but it doesn’t change the fact that they’re getting money and bringing light to a real predatory problem in Atlanta.
@@Pricelesspennie And the Orange is still president, right? Denial doesn't become you. Not a business, they're a couple of social media LOOK AT MEs that can't get a real job.
@@Pricelesspennie And whos to say they arent the ones booting cars themselves?.. Cause they are charging people to take off the boot.. How are they any different than the city?
The only reason you are cheering them on is because they are Black. And they are committing a crime in the process, Imagine that right lol..
You clearly dont see how it only takes money from the State Tax's and puts it into a Criminals pocket..
@@FalconAndTrident And you idiots are calling attention whores, what, some sort of righteous vigilantes? LOL grow up, kiddo.
It’s absolutely predatory. I wish the bootgirls were around when I was working for Postmates. I had not a single place to park by a restaurant to pick up a customers food. There was a sign that said private parking from 9pm- 7am. It was 7:30pm. I parked there, WITH MY CAR RUNNING, but locked. I was in the restaurant for not more than 2 minutes because the food was already made. I came back and that fast my car was booted and I’m stuck there with a customers food that I’m sure they never received. I had to pay 125 dollars to get the boot off. It set me back so far that year, I was almost homeless. I hate these companies.
Yeah, when I was still working in DC 20 years ago. I parked my car on the street and it was Sunday, just 2 minutes, and I got a ticket for $100. I told the cop, Sir, it is Sunday, can I have a break? He said, Do you think the government doesn’t work weekends? I told him I thought DMV was closed on Sunday, but he still gave me a ticket anyway.
Well, why did you park in a marked zone then?
@@AccipiterAtricapillus "There was a sign that said private parking from 9pm- 7am. It was 7:30pm." it was outside the hours apparently.
@@AccipiterAtricapillus😂😂😂
@@AccipiterAtricapillusWhat are you talking about? She parked in a parking zone.
Play attention.
"Booting" or wheel clamping has been banned in the UK. It's basically holding the car owner hostage until money is extorted from them by the operator.
How about not parking in a no parking zone? Would you feel better if police had the car towed away?
Not the same...these garage owners are wealthy and getting wealthier through extortion.@@bobroberts2371
@@bobroberts2371even if they aren't people still get their car booted
@@Shhh_94 So you are saying that legally parked cars get their car booted? Got proof?
@@bobroberts2371 parking tenants are by definition the lowest common denominator.
I had a guy try to boot my car thinking he had a different vehicle of the same make and model.
So my anecdotal evidence alone disproves your silly position to defend property managers and land lords(cause they’re such victims ya know)
Good to see two people do well for their community. No hassle, no issues, very professional. We need more people like them!
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Love this, it’s easy to up our Police Department’s Prosecution Quota here. I’m not in Atlanta so this doesn’t concern me, but a year and a half ago when the prosecution quota went up, we started using “Bait Cars” with boots on them, calling these “Boot Girl” type companies, then as soon as they arrived to take the boot off, we have two of our uniformed officers arrest them.
Though the boots are put on here by THE CITY, not some random private company. So when they remove them, it’s a felony offense. Most don’t actually see jail time unless they’re repeat offenders, but I’ve easily met my quota on several occasions running quick bait car operations.
By all means, keep it up, you’re just making my life easier 😂😂😂
@@davejay6855Acab includes you. Find a better job bootlicker.
Im confused I thought boots were put on cars by the city for not paying parking tickets. So how are 2 chicks who just happened to get a boot key somewhere taking the boots off after people pay them instead? Isnt that illegal?
@@vexxx3851 if you watched the video you can see that’s not all they boot people for sometimes illegal
Booting is out of control in Atlanta, to the point where it is really a scam. I dont see this much in other cities, especially cities where only the police can order a boot supplied.
We were in Atlanta about a year ago to see a specialist for my daughter and we parked in a lot, and paid for a full day. I came out a couple hours later and the car was booted as I had failed to put the parking pass where they could see the time stamp easily. I called, and was told that it was my fault and would have to pay for the unbooting. I did so when they came and removed it. I put the payment ticket where it could be better seen and even asked the guy that removed the boot if that was a good spot and was told yes.
Later that day, around 3 we left and I found it booted again and when i called again was told that a "full day" ended at 2. This seemed like retaliation for calling the first time but not sure. This time I called the police and a officer came by, agreed that the whole thing was wrong as a full day should usually be at least 8hours and no signs were posted that said 2 pm. He told us sadly that the police have no control in private lots and these days it was almost better to illegally park on the street. He did, however, slip me a card along with a card with a case number which had a phone number and a message that they could remove the boot for a great deal less than i had been charged earlier. Very nice couple arrived promptly and removed the boot.
In college towns, you find booting companies lurking on and near campuses. Some of them employ spotters!
I live in Chicago and it's out of control here too
@@bigredd690I was just going to say Chicago has been on this bullshit for YEARS!!!
That's crazy! In DC you have to have a lot of tickets, not just be parked somewhere you shouldn't. Smh
a day is 24 hours, if they said a "work day" ok, but a full work day is between 9 am to 5 pm which is 8 hours their "full day" ended at 2 pm something wrong with that.
if one company boots 100,000 cars at $75 per removal, that's $7,500,000, if there are 15 companies doing this it's a $112 million dollars a year industry. The private property claim is moot if you are not allowed to remove yourself from the premises.
It feels like extortion. In my city, a towing company was towing cars parked legally in a retirement community. Elderly people couldn't make their doctor's appointments.
500 for semi truck without the trailer. That probably double that figure.
@lucyross5478 Typically a private parking lot, in this case the parking lot owned by the retirement community, has a partnership with a towing company in order to reduce illegal parking. Why would the retirement community continue to use this towing service if what you say is true?
@@lucyross5478 They suck. $ sucks unless we're rich. Many of those cars (i visited mum in a facility) are visitors to their elders providing essential continuity of family to otherwise isolated parents. Parking shouldn't be a source of revenue like that. It's reasonable care of/for the elderly.
Pretty sure he said 1000 cars. And the card said $50.
This is an example of when people take action, where the government, PAID BY THE PEOPLE, fails to protect people. An absurd that the citizens need to resort to this in order to get rid of such predatory activity!
This isn't the government booting. They cannot remove those boots legally. They are removing boots placed by private parking enforcement companies on private lots. It is not illegal to remove those boots (but it is illegal to damage/destroy them). Atlanta has a MASSIVE problem with predatory parking enforcement booting legally parked cars to boost revenue.
@@jblyon2😂 nobody cares it’s a way around it now
@jblyon2 and they lobby the politicians just to win. It's absolutely bull, but our e tire system is predatory
It's actually awesome what these girls are doing. Literally taking the money that these parasitic scumbags are not NOT going to get. Put them all out of business and I hope their daughters have to whore themselves out just to eat.
Greene. I wonder which party passed Citizens United and deregulated consumers Protection agency that gave corporations even more power to buy off your local public servants to private servants
These companies need to be crushed.
We had a company dinner at Maggiano’s in Buckhead. We all parked in the restaurant parking lot. When we left the restaurant, my car was the only one being booted out of all my co-workers who happened to look different from me. The guy booting the car told me the restaurant had called as soon as they saw me parking. He took the boot off when I showed my receipt. I have never returned.
Happened to me in one of our work trucks. Stopped at walmart to buy lunch and came out to a booted truck. Cost me $300 to remove the boot. I called the cops, and they would not even come out. This was a company called Maximum Boot Co. All of them thieves, scam artists, and criminals.
Watch LPL (lock picking lawyer). He has an old video showing how to easily unlock these boots.
You're an adult right? You know you can't just park anywhere right?
@gomarcphil he said he went to Walmart. Since when is it okay to boot a Walmart customer’s car in a Walmart parking lot?
@@DropBox-jx6yrhe wasn't parked in a spot. Come on
@@Kevinschartlol. Are you employed by one of these thieving companies?
I worked in the parking industry for over for over a decade. Making someone’s car stuck on your property just boggles my mind. Usually you just want people pay and leave and not cause you problems. Boot girls are doing a great service, but I hope they stay safe. Some people take their job too seriously.
I didn't understand that when I was in Boston and there were warning signs that one's car will be booted if one parks where one is not supposed to. In my state, one's car is towed if one parks on property where one doesn't have business. Rendering a car immobile where it wasn't wanted in the first place makes absolutely no sense.
@@Anon54387 for sure unless u want money
Deterrent and an income.@@Anon54387
🙏🏾👑👑🙏🏾
it makes sense, when the owner just wants to blackmail you and doesnt care that you're there.@@Anon54387
We pray protection and safety over these ladies 🙏
I once got booted because I parked in a lot in Atlanta and the guy next to me who was leaving gave me his parking receipt because he still had over an hour left. I got booted and had to pay $100 and the guy said, "read the fine print. Parking is non-transferrable." What a BS industry. Preying on people being nice to each other.
Ngl, that was kinda dumb on your part and a learning experience, but at the most, you should have only had to pay the normal parking fee. $100 is insane and definitely predatory.
I bet that guy works for the parking garage, probably a scam they pull on people.
So you didn't pay to park in a private lot. Tried to lie about it and it didn't work, and you are upset?
You were in the wrong here, sorry.
Entitled behavior. Grow up.
The replies to you are so weird haha. I've also given someone my parking receipt that had hours left on it so they could use it and it wasn't an issue at all. Sorry that people are acting like you committed some crime because someone was nice to you.
Boots should ONLY be used by Police. I am shocked that this is a business.
It's a natural for strong-hand tactics on the part of boot owners. Like with bounty hunters, regulations aren't enough, the state should be the only authorized agency that can boot your car.
yup, here they privatized it, and the white guy is out there to maximize his profits at the expense of car owners.
@robertpajkovski3711 and the black man is parking illegally
The value of the automobile normally out weights the alleged value of assumed suit (ticket) that is unlawfully applied. Not even " code enforcement agents " should have the ability to apply another apparatus of extortion against the people.
✨it also DO not free up the PARKING SPOT ✨ so what's the point? .... 👉🏽 outside profit & $$$ kickbacks
towing REMOVE THE CAR ticket entry/security gate : allow in + out . Booting is inefficient for its purpose
Many are run by the city or county. They figure: ' why let a private company collect all that easy money?? '.
Mad props to these 2 girls, civil disobedience at its finest !!!
They’re still charging $50
those girls are running a for profit business which actually is illegal and so BELOW the legal business of installing the boots. There are MANY facts that were left out of this "new report"
Ask yourself; Why do cars get booted in the first place?
Was the car parked illegally?
Did the car owner have multiple outstanding parking tickets?
@@someguydino6770Did you even watch the video.
@@someguydino6770watch the video and read. A lot if cars are illegally booted, even on private property/private residences. No one called, they’re driving around illegally booting cars that are parked legally. That’s why they’re represented.
@@someguydino6770you must be booting cars ya heathen
BRUH THE SENATOR is in full support of these girls! I love it!
I don't even live in that State but I applaud these girls, I was 3 days late paying my car taxes for being sick, and was booted on 3rd day in from of my home at a legal parking spot, when I got better had to pay transportation to be taken to City Hall and pay the taxes with fees plus late fees plus for it to be released. Then it took another day for them to come and release the boots. It was a horrible experience, and it is a horrible experience for many hard working low income families with children of all types. We as Americans are facing higher bills, higher taxes, and as always not enough pay. And to deal with this makes it even more unbearable. So I salute these women. Wish I could buy them coffee.
DAMN! What state are you in? I want to avoid this.
Dang.. this is why I no longer drive.. This is out of control!!
Me and you both. Car taxes??? I never heard of it. What city and state?😮
these 'hero' girls are charging just a little less than the boot company is! They aren't doing it out of kindness, they are just extorting for slightly less money.
,👏👏👏👏👏
For anyone that doesn't know, you can buy universal boot keys online for super cheap. Keep one on your keyring if your car gets booted. Most boot companies use the Titan Grip brand boots, so get a key that unlocks those.
Or if you have a cordless grinder! They open boots quick if they see you bust out ur trade tools
Thank you !
hm...that "titan grip" boot cannot be used on my car's wheels since the rims have no spaces :-D great!
@@vasopel that's badass. Would love rally rims with zero holes on my audi
I received a boot in a parking garage in Midtown Atlanta and I was in the spot legally. The tag, make and model of the car were registered accurately. The guy on the phone tells me “well are you sure your information is correct?”. Dude I know my car. It took him over an hour to take the boot off and his excuse was…..”I must’ve gotten your car confused with another one”. No sir! Obviously you can’t read. It’s so annoying. Same thing happened to my partner in Buckhead.
You should have filed a suit in small claims court. No way they could win.
Ur partner? Gay nicca
@@noosphericaltarzanthink about the time and hassle associated with what you figure you could possibly receive. You'd be investing more time for most likely a minimal return, that isn't even guaranteed. Not a lot of people have the time to do that.
@@seanquinn4787 I guess. I am a disabled veteran with a rare immune deficiency and nothing but time and isolation, so maybe my perspective is different. I'd take them to court just because I doubt I would even need representation and they'd be forced to settle on the spot. Just consider what would happen if you literally disabled anybody's vehicle out there just because you felt like it. That's what they did to this person, but even worse, because they were attempting to defraud innocent people in this racket.
So post a $1450 Attachment fee Notice on your car billing them for attaching stuff to your car. They attach anything poof they agreed to the contract now you can bill them with picture proof as your evidence. Take it to small claims if needed.
I live in Atlanta and I know firsthand there is out-of-control booting and towing. My apartment complex (Marchon) had my car wrongfully towed. Luckily we found our car. It was parked 4 miles away at a strip club. When I reached out to Atlanta police for help, they said it was between me and Marchon! Useless.
I hired an attorney. 😏
That’s why I got the hell out of the city of Atl. It’s too much traffic as well.
Thank you for bringing this evil industry of booting to light especially when the cars that get booted are parked by people who visit a local store to give them $$. Atlanta cops should be investigated for kick backs.
Watch it's actually the girls putting the boots there and scamming people
Cops don’t put on boots 😑🤦♂️
how do we know these "boot girls" arent putting the boots on the cars themselves then asking the owner for 50 to take them off?
@@scuffedclips1Cameras would have caught them in the act by now if that were the case.
I absolutely love the hustle and what they're doing for their local community. I don't consider them vigilantes I consider them protectors of their community.
They’re the ones putting them on. Then getting paid to take them off,
...by being vigilant....
right, which is what a vigilante is lmao
To me they are a booting company they're just making their money off of someone else's boot. The boot company charges 75 and these two Make 50 of someone else's boot😂😂😂. And people think they're heroes. These two let someone else buy the boots and they make the money off of them. It's a crook making its money off the shoulders of another crook😂😂😂. Are they doing it for free? I didn't think so
if this was a white man doing this yall would be singing his praises and hailing him the new messiah.@@youtubecommercialsareascam8495
Absolutely predatory industry. I am baffled how they can step foot onto private property to boot someone’s car, that should absolutely be illegal. So disgusting! I’m so proud of the girls taking care of their community, stay safe❤❤❤❤
Give these ladies a medal! 🏅
The US regime has over 800 military bases worldwide invades and occupies countries overthrowing governments
The ultimate predator
Give these ladies a salary! 💰
They're allowed on the property by the property owner, that's not illegal nor should it be
@@nig3ldoug1as63 40-50 boots a day at $50. 2k a day. They'd disagree with you.
This is so completely predatory. Yes, people need to park legally, which is an obstacle in large metro areas.
They have turned it into a free-for-all by allowing so many different companies to do it with little regulation. These girls are amazing; just concerned for their safety 😮❤
You don't "need" to park illegally just because you think you're too good to take public transportation.
@@ev6558he said legally dumbass
@@ev6558awww sounds like you don’t drive 😢
@@niklay33 No I just don't have to park on the street. Hop on the bus peasant.
The attorney makes a good point. If these property owners don’t want these cars to park illegally and teach them a lesson, then have the car towed. By having cars be booted, the space where car is booted is still being occupied which prevents a parking space for being available to another car. It seems like boots is just another way for property owners to make quick cash and save their own money and time without using a towing company.
100% this. I'm willing to bet that the property owners and the boot companies are splitting the profits from these fines and wouldn't surprise me if some property owners also own some of these boot companies.
I got my car towed once and learned my lesson for life! It’s a terrible experience 😂
We got booted in Atlanta a few years ago. The guy who came for the boot was obnoxious with an attitude and he really irritated me and I was just being casual about it. I can see where people would fly off the handle if they had to deal with that type of attitude under those circumstances. So, we didn't go into Atlanta for several years after that. Who would want to deal with this?
Yep. The same phenomenon is endemic in poor countries. “I’m a civil servant. Respect and bribe me.” That guy’s day wouldn’t be complete without provoking you. Where is this company located? I think a nail jacking campaign is a start.
Yeah, booting your car, charging you $80, and making you wait for them to come 'free you' is NOT enough - gotta give you some condescending attitude on top of it... He started to point to a sign or 2 we didn't see - as if we were blind but... we were just trying to enjoy ourselves as a family for a few hours on the weekend between working and I think the signs are not too easy to see or we would have seen them from the start. They don't want you to see the signs, probably. Anyhow, barely have gone to Atlanta for years now - who wants that headache, LOL! Just take our license plate number like the school cameras do and mail us a freaking bill - much easier and it still gets paid. That way, we enjoy the day and don't realize an $80 bill is coming in the mail but we just pay it when it arrives without some obnoxious young guy trying to provoke us - and he was trying to provoke us... Am I right? 😄 @@martinphilip8998
@@AirPurificationEducation 99% of the time you can tell even without a sign whether you are parking in a private lot. It doesn't matter what you were doing that day you were parked illegally, your example sounds like a very reasonable response by the property owner
100% not true at all. You are making multiple assumptions. You didn't see the parking lot - nor where the signs were located nor how large or visible they were. So you have absolutely no idea how easy it was to tell if it was a private parking lot or not. Plus, you were not there so you have no idea how the boot attendant behaved. So you have no idea whether it was a "very reasonable response by the property owner" or not. You simply don't know. 😄 @@Scott-fy7fm
@@Scott-fy7fmJFC, there’s always one. 🙄🤡
booting should be illegal for normal people to use.
Normal ppl ain't putting boots on cars... did you not hear the man say that booting companies have to have a permit from the city???
@c-mobucks4930 these dumb mfs post without knowing anything about it
@@c-mobucks4930 That's also who Im talking about to
@c-mobucks4930 I understood the comment very clearly. Only law enforcement should enforce the law.
@@c-mobucks4930 Who's to say they don't have someone who's booting the cars, telling them where it is, then they come and offer to remove it for $50. Nothing gets traced to the shitty tow company, these girls make bank and remove it or people don't trust it and call the towing company and pay stupid prices to get it removed. It's kind of the perfect scam.
You go girls!! It's absolutely disgusting that they are doing this to people's vehicles. Let one extremely unsafe!! People being stranded somewhere is unsafe! Keep up the good work and I hope the law can be passed to ban it.
Of course it's predatory and counter intuative.
How can the solution to someone being parked in the wrong place, be to then trap their vehicle in said place?
That's not how the equation works, but you know, the Orange is still president to people, too.
Because they are being charged per day for the parking spot they occupy.
I understand exactly what ur saying💯😊😉
@@chiefkyle1776😮 so the parking lot owners can keep charging them more, for every hour that the boot stays on?
Yes, tow them, charge even more money for them to get the car back, not to mention the cost of the taxi or Uber to get to the tow lot, the missed work, etc. Booting IS the more sane option. Or...just don't park where you aren't supposed to. The City needs to make sure the regulations are done correctly, so that lots are properly marked with signs, and that the property owners can legally and properly enforce parking on their own property for their employees, customers, residents, etc.
Booting seems like a huge scam!
Don't park in a no parking zone if you don't want to be booted, simple no?
@@bobroberts2371 what if you're booted in front of your own house on a public street?
@@honestalbumreviews1164 Is the street in front of this home clearly posted as no parking?
BTW , there is generally no law stating that the area in front of your home ON A PUBLIC street is your personal parking spot. Now, there might be a local law that issues parking stickers to allow for residents to park on the street. This is generally when parking is tight.
@@bobroberts2371 The problem is the booting companies are using predatory practices and the owners of the lot are in on it.
They can stalk your car and put a boot on it a minute or two before your time expires.
Then by the time you call the cops and at that point it becomes a your word vs their's situation.
The cops are gonna side with the booting company because it's private property and it becomes a civil matter.
It's just organized crime at this point and everyone involved is getting money from it.
@@bobroberts2371Is there a law that says its illegal to boot a legally parked car. NO, So is there anything stopping a boot company from illegally booting a car? NO, is there a financial gain for them too? Yes so it's ripe for boot fraud
They're not vigilantes, they're superheroes ❤
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
Superheroes don’t charge you 50 dollars to help you.
😂😂😂🤣🤣
They are criminals!
They're just getting a piece of the pie.
We need this at Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit. Bless these Ladies and I see why some people are leaving Atlanta for good
Hey, you go ladies I support you, after being booted so many times when I lived in the ATL - I'd rather pay $50 than close to $400. Yes, it has become predatory in Atlanta.
Bless these queens. I wish them nothing but safety, security, and protection.
No such thing as queens in Africa. Just sayin.
@@TonicofSonic no one cares
@@TonicofSonic you have brain dead energy
I really would like for them to hire male muscle tho because it is great money‼️ plus when people see that men are backing the ladies they won't try to hurt the women or perform weird activities when they are alone
@@PamBeesly9545I Care bozo
These girls are the real city girls 💪🏽 doing positive things you got to do bad things for the right reason at times someone’s got to do it. They made a business out of nothing!
I can’t believe this is happening. I thought the city could only boot your vehicle if you had too many violations. But for no reason but greed? I support this two ladies.
"You're illegally parked, and that interferes with other people's ability to park, so we put a boot on your car to make it so you can't move or leave. The problem isn't fixed, but at least we get to extort money out of you."
Exactly
dude saying "and your hiding behind a mask" had me laughing my ass off.
Lol,😂 IKR
That exactly what most super heros do.
They wear a mask like Batman,Robin, Spider Man and Black Panther, to hide their identity.
Subtext: @
“yiure not following the rules like me”
And for an additional $100,
I got me some real booty while the other gal was taking the restrainers off.
These tow companies are organized crime for real though, yes they should hide their identities! Spider-man hides his for the same reason.
You must be part of the WOKE generation
Booting does lead to people getting hurt, scammed and robbed! They bully people into paying to get the boot off.
if they have the keys to the boot every time and can remove it easily, who is to say they did not put the boot on themselves?
Love this! Good job ladies.
Bopping my head listening to the background allowed my mind to relax after a long day at work. On top of that, my car needed a jump all because of that damn rain two weeks ago here in Vegas.
This is amazing, I didn’t know they were trying to ban booting behind them. Good job ladies.
I grew up in Atlanta, and at one point I had to go to the dermatologist to get something frozen off (I was like 4 and don't remember what specifically I had). We leave the doctors office, im in pain and we have a boot on our car. These people absolutely sit and wait for people to park and boot cars for the hell of it. They then took an hour arguing with my parents before removing the boot. All while a sobbing 4 year old wrapped in cellophane (i dont remember why I was wrapped in cellophane) kept begging him to let us go home.
Maybe you had a problem with squirming so they just decided to wrap you up like a present. Maybe it's all a lie and you were involved in a secret government experiment kind of like the Tuskegee experiment. A lot of those used to happen in Atlanta years ago.
Not only are a lot of them predatory, a lot of them are straight up criminals stealing from people and some businesses owners get a kickback. Towing/booting are shady businesses. A few years ago I lived in the city with my roommate. They had gone to a store to pick up an order, but the main entrance was broken, so you had to enter through the small business next door. When my roommate got out, their car had been towed. Turned out the owner of the business had a deal with a local towing company and was towing anyone who parked in the parking for their business only and did not enter their business…but their door was non functional *and the business had signs up* directing you to go through the adjacent shop to enter theirs. They were able to make a lot of money and pay for that door😂 There needs to be bans were available and tight regulations everywhere else
I’m so proud of these young ladies. Kudos to them 😊👏👏👏👏
These women are heroes 👏
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
Heroes don’t charge you 50 dollars to help you.
No they aren't because a real superhero doesn't charge you for any money and they do
@@gregkareem9824 Yes you are right. I have an idea for a new movie. A superhero that charges a fee. If you don't agree to pay he lets what ever happen to you. Of course it would be a comedy.
When the Boot Girls said to play some tunes, it totally gave me Cleo from Set It Off vibes. I love that film.
I think the "Boot Girls" are Super Heroes. I applaud them for their work. They are doing a service for the people in Atlanta.
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
They part of the same scam. $75 but for you we will do $50 and play good cop instead of those mean boot men
I wish I could be friends with these two girls. Good people! May God bless you both and keep you safe.
DELUSIONAL
These two ladies are heroes.
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
@@speakthetruth110 You can just buy them online. The operators don't have a say.
@@speakthetruth110why bc they are women of color you suspect they stole a key what you believe nobody asked you....
I highly agree did you notice how she said they had the key and we got the key which means it’s part of a scam
@@DawayneBuffin-ho5mn So you agree they are heroes ? ?
That boot company owner is lying they will boot you even if you paid are parked correctly! It is so bad that in the 13 years I have lived here, I don't even go to Atlanta!
I feel like this is going to happen more and more and I'm glad these girls are doing what they are doing. These businesses and these big cities they buy property and there's literally no where to park and land is running out some places. These boot companies pray on that and that's how they make their money... just like towing companies....
And the boot girls are extorting for slightly less money than the boot company! The news even interviewed the pimp that supplies the keys and controls the territory they work. They drive around parking lots looking for victims to prey on, leaving cards hoping they get lucky before the boot company does.
You can vote in for more parking to your city. Gov will subsidize certain properties and make more parking.
I never trust a towering company. They are deep in the devil for contracts. A regular tow who is a solution for a tow are wonderful angels
These women are my heroes. May the force be with you!
These women are just as much of a crook as the people putting on the boots
Thanks, ABC News, for letting us know that in Atlanta you can make a booty call.
😂😂😂 good one! 👍
Oh WoW 😂😂
Only a dog would think of that, good one😂😂😂😂😂
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I love that they have found a solution to a problem and making money to better their lives and that of their family. Good for you ladies and the boot key man:). Good for yall!!
Yep, he sells the keys and manages the girls that perform the service. They sell their service slightly cheaper than the parking companies. Straight up boot prostitutes with a pimp and everything!
Or you can be like normal people and just give them a parking ticket, these ladies are helping the communites out... Those are some bs reasons to take something off of someone who is giving consent to remove the device
"Theft of services" - Wow, I don't know what drivers agreed to those terms! lol
Exactly. I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
@republicansaretraitorstoth7594 I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
To the people they help, these ladies are definitely super heroes. Props!
Help by making money off of someone? mmmm
@@RobAlfieInostrozaLindley Less than what the booting companies charge to unlock.
@@OmegaWolf747if you think that they don’t want people to keep getting booted you’re insane just because they charge people 25$ less then what a boot company would charge does not make them hero’s more like crooks
Interesting topic to discuss here. I’ve never had a boot on any of the cars that I’ve ever owned, but I can only imagine coming out of a store or business to find my car immobilized. Man I’d trip all the way out! The one thing that comes to mind for me is what if it were an emergency situation, U know, life or death. I get chills at the thought. 🤷🏾♂️
I went to NYC and the first day I've been booted 2 times. Yes this is a huge scam and they're going to use police to enforce that scam. Thank you for doing this Girls
That is odd. Only the city(financial department) is allowed to boot in NYC, and only after you owe more than $350 in default judgements.
@monadeleoninfiltrator Owe $350 for like 3 or 4 months at that.
The lies, the lies😂😂😂😂
What do you gain from lying about a place you've never been to on the internet? Such a sad life you must live lol
If stay in a lot with car unoccupied, automatic tow in some parts of the city
Respect to these two women!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
God bless these women...I hope they make millions!!!
Is it them, or is this Christian Verrette punk using them and stealing their money? 6:17
Yep, he has the keys and manages the girls. Straight up boot prostitution with a pimp and everything! They sell their services for slightly less than the parking company that did the booting and have little to no overhead. If the parking lot manager boots and gets paid, they call it extortion, but if someone else removes the boot for cheaper, they are somehow a hero? The boot girls just extort in a different (and more profitable) way. I'd love to see their financials. I'm sure they are paying their taxes and business license fees to the city/state/feds like the parking companies do. @@gladitsnotme
Abide by road rules and laws, pay your ticket fines in a timely manner when you get 'em and you won't have to be concerned about your vehicle getting booted. Best to follow the law and avoid the hassle.
Have you not read any of the other comments?
I love their hardworking entrepreneurial spirit and that they are doing something for themselves
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
Is it them, or is this Christian Verrette punk using them and stealing their money? 6:17
@@speakthetruth110Heroes!!!!!!
@@benjamintaylor4402 lol, heroes don't charge you $50 to help you. lol.
@@speakthetruth110 Anybody who can help a person escape the clutches of those government sanctioned predators is a big hero. STOP BEING SO JELLY!!
Sad and disgusting how money makes the city and government act no wonder why this country is in such distress these days
I love this. They saw a problem and created a solution. Just awesome!
No, they saw a fanatical opportunity. Lol
Brilliant sisters
@@nayjavuwhy not both? There’s a lot of for-profit charities helping people that also pay a CEO.
more like, they saw a booting company making money, and then they made it their business undercutting the prices of the original booting companies.
Those booting the car are the criminals. Not those beautiful girls. Keep working girls.
I love everything about these ladies! Huge fan ❤️
I love this story. Two young ladies working hard, making an honest living with an entrepreneurial spirit vs predatory booting companies and fat cats making side dime off of ruining peoples days. Saw one sign that showed that people would get the boot for bad parking. I see elderly people doing their very best to park and still kinda caliwonker their vehicles. I've done it myself and would be mortified if I returned to find my vehicle booted, leaving me stranded to pad some A holes pockets.
Are you put of your mind ... they are breaking the law . Wow . Wake up
So they will start toweing cars which is more expensive and harder to get your car back. Smh oh well you get what you ask for.
@@adventuresofbabyleonardoth5953 Have some compassion. I know, I have a "thing" about parking evenly within the lines so I'm not crowding anyone near me. (My Dad taught me many of my best driving skills -- he was a truck driver.) But sometimes someone else is crowding the line and if I parked straight I could not get out of my car!
@@adventuresofbabyleonardoth5953 attorneys here have already addressed this. It is actually not unlawful to remove boots here as long as said boots are removed and returned undamaged
@@adventuresofbabyleonardoth5953 There's moral, ethical, and legal. Laws can be both immoral and unethical. Keep in mind it wasn't that long ago that a certain population group couldn't even drink out of a waterfountain. When laws are immoral and unethical, people eventually fight back. That's how laws get changed.
Go, girls! They don’t need to worry about being prosecuted, now that they’re getting national attention and support. 👏
🤡 like the entitled dumb b..tch that thought she could run over a police officer after she robbed a liquor store? You entitled criminals are hilarious 😂 🫵🏿🤡🤡🤡 You’ll find out soon via law enforcement and it won’t be pretty.
Record each one
Imagine you’re in an emergency.. & you can’t move your car.. 😮💨
That sucks but you should pay your fines on time
@@convulsiivewhat fines? These aren't police boots.
@@TB-jj7ri My bad. Dont park where you're not supposed to... Either way you're doing something bad idk why you guys are acting stupid.
Imagine not parking in a no parking zone . . . .. .
@convulsiive Peoples cars are getting booted for other reasons as well. If they really cared about people breaking the law, why not call the police and have them ticketed? Why hire private companies to lock someone's car in place, where they aren't supposedly supposed to park anyway, for money? The business is working with the boot company to have people's cars booted. You don't see the incentive to have people's cars booted unnecessarily here?
It’s the hustle for me. $$$ Love this! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️
If someone lied to get these women arrested someone should get charged with filing a false police report.
Said No More 👀☕️
It was the police that lied in the police report
I’ve been hearing about these women for awhile, so good for them to be still helping out the community and no law enforcements trying to murder them 👏🏽
People who follow directions and the law have no issues with law enforcement.
Entitlement causes the deaths.
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It's early cross your fingers.
That’s called Direct Action. Well done ladies.
This is great. I recall picking my brother up from the bus station years ago. They were literally waiting in a truck and in 1 minute they had jumped out and booted the car.
Man no bs, I got hit with a boot TWO days in a row. $75/$80 each. Just going to school downtown. That’s the main reason I stop going to school downtown. These queens are doing everybody a favor forreal.
So them charging $50 is a favor?
@@kg4gavyes
@@kg4gavI would rather give them the money. They do take time to come out and help
@@kg4gavThey charge so that they can afford to take time to do this. If you are able to buy your own key and do this for free - go for it. That would be pretty cool.
@@kg4gav yes. do you work for free?
These ladies are Heroes! Love them and their heart. ❤
Wow. I had no idea this was a thing in ATL.
I'm glad to see some legislators from both sides of the aisle who want to stop this predatory practice.
If you make the cost 20 bucks instead of 50, most people will pay it and not do it again.
A parking ticket is usually 20 bucks so that's fair. I wouldn't ban it all together because the lot owners have rights too...
Compromise, not taking sides is a better way to handle things.
Towing and booting in big cities has grown crazy. They will type without any laws being broken yet you still have to pay hundreds for only a few of being locked up. Our big business to these companies who know people need their cars for work know they’ll do whatever to get their car back. Shout out to people not afraid to go against these criminals taking advantage of citizens.
This. I live in a state where oil and gas is in charge and kills most initiatives for public transportation, and municipal leaders allow property owners to monetize surface parking and build acres and acres of parking garages.
This wouldn't be possible where I live in Germany. If you were to not pay the fee for the private parking lot they'd just send you an invoice with a hefty fee (I imagine something between 50-100€), which is fine since they have to cover their cost of obtaining your adress through your license plate number from the authorities. Most private parking lots/garages will have boom/gate at the entrance where you draw a ticket upon arrival and you'll need to go to a payment machine before exiting to clear the fee of the ticket, depending on the time spent parking. Nobody but the police is allowed to attach boots to cars here.
I think it's completely out of place to use boots on cars to ensure a minor fee of maybe 100$ is paid. If you think about it, what if someone places a container blocking the entrance to your company or house just because you didn't pay for a delivery. That's just uncalled-for, it's out of place to block something worth tens- or hundreds of thousands $ for a minor fee. Just mail them the invoice, easy...
Can we get these girls a tv show PLEASE? Lol bc I would watch
I live in Houston and tickets are the best option. We never run into issues. These girls are doing great work!
Rule #1 of creating a hustle...don't tell anyone about it. Let them figure it out. Now if the government bans boots, they will be out of a gig
It's always a fee. I recall when I first moved to Atlanta, worked at AT@T downtown, parked at the lot across the street, put my $$$ in the little slot that matched my parking spot, no receipt , left work that afternoon car booted. What a effing scam. Just like the probation LLC' s just collecting $$$. We need to get rid of this fee culture
I love this. I like that they highlighted these women and still kept their identities hidden
Remember when Batman charged people $50 per save? Me neither.
Someone parks illegally and gets booted. Boot Girls remove the boot dor for $50. The prefatory behavior in this situation is by the Boot Girls. It is against the property owner whose property is being occupied illegally.
If boot companies are applying boots illegally, that is a separate issue. The answer to that is to have swift and harsh punishments for the boot companies.
Need more heroes like these in every city.
hero as long as you got $50 lol
perhaps but that isnt helping the situation. if they stop booting what do you think will happen. they will tow instead.@@FalconAndTrident those chicks are just streetwalkers and that dude is their pimp, they are hustlin any fool willing to pay them
I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
@@cnjhendricks I doubt very much that a boot company operator sold them a key. That would put them out of work. It was more likely stolen. Or beat up and stolen. Heroes or Villain's ?
@@cnjhendricks ikr....all they’re doing is offering a $25-30 discount per time than the company would charge to remove (based on one of the signs shown). Not like they’re not doing it for free or even selling you a key
Thank you to the boot ladies!! You guys are awesome.
I had a neighbor in college who was an international student. He couldn’t believe they towed his vehicle from our apartment lot. He just went and stole it back lol.
I just boot and un-boot my own car, everywhere I park in Atlanta.
I think they need better costumes. Marvel is in Atlanta. Take a stroll over to their lot and see if someone will hook them up
Thank you girls. Please be safe out there
100% allow these individuals to run their own business without the government interfering. This is a public service. This is the equivalent to random citizens, filling potholes.
I saw a pothole in the middle of a busy interstate .. So I got out and set up cones and filled in the pothole myself .. Granted I caused a major backup
@@Sjwolosz321 Kramer, is that you?
These Girls are awesome!!!
A boot company tried to boot my ex boyfriends car in OKC at a job site he was at. He walked up on them, questioned them about the legality of booting his car at a job site where he was allowed to park. They ignored him until he opened his car door and grabbed a magazine for his AR in the truck and theu immediately apologized took the boot off and left. Come to find out they illegally booted 3 other vehicles in the lot of the workers
Sooooo he threatened to shoot them......over a boot?
@@itsnotuitsbre9619 he didn't threaten anyone. He was just proud to show off his AR like a proud Amerikkkan
@@againstthegraingolf301sorry, are guns racist or something?
@@itsnotuitsbre9619 it worked.
They were just boot installers. Not even repo guys. Barely human beings. So what?