Business ProfileforSkyway Towing & Recovery

After Helene, we lost everything in our Clearwater store. On Saturday, we worked to remove items and salvage what we could. An employee rented a U-Haul from St. Pete and drove it to Clearwater to load it. Upon returning to St. Pete, the employee removed all items along with other contract laborers. The tow company preyed on us during our clean up after the hurricane. I tried to contact the company to explain we had lost everything and that the U-Haul was empty, but he said I was wasting my time. I explained that all we had to do was drive it back to the U-Haul, but the driver refused to speak to me on the phone, and the company refused to help. According to our laborers, the driver pushed one of our laborers, and when he began the tow a laborer was on the truck getting the last items out. I was told by the company that we could pick it up for $162 once impounded. Our employee went to pick it up, and they refused to release it to her. This was solely to accumulate more charges, and we are now up to $423. After a hurricane and the devastation we all faced, the company stated today that people like me didn't want to deal with being held accountable despite me explaining what happened. When you look at their reviews, you see that they consistently, for years, have practiced predatory tows. No one asked them to tow us. They simply waited to find someone to make another dollar on, and we were the victims.