A Rose Towing, Inc.

Not a great towing service. Would I use it again? No. Called for a quote and got 100 $ for a 3 mile tow. Picked me up about an hour after request and took us to the place that my car was and then had to leave us there (before the car was towed) and go tow someone who was broken down on the freeway. Understandable emergency, kind of. Don’t they have someone else for that person instead of using someone in the middle of a tow? They also charged me right before he left us there with another lovely surprise – 160 $ tow instead of the quoted $ 100 – that was pretty far from the quote. He could have given us a discount from the inconvenience of not getting our car towed for another few hours which put the repair behind schedule. Anyway we walked two miles back to the hotel and our car wasn’t towed for almost 3 more hours. Not worth the end cost and inconvenience.

worst service ever. edgar is an a$$! never use!

If you are one of the unlucky poor souls who’s car is towed by this company, prepare for the worst.
Having parked in the U-​district in an alley a block away from the Trader Joes on Roosevelt, I searched around for a «No Parking» sign, or a tow-​away zone sign, I found none. Keep in mind this was 11 pm, and my car was parked for no longer than an hour, I come back and my car is gone. I immediately think it is stolen and look around for broken glass with my cell phone, I shine my light around and then there it is, 20 feet above the ground, a black towaway sign, in the complete pitch dark, this sign is completely unnoticeable. I immediately call the number and a man answers who says they did in fact pick up my little Honda, that no I could not pick it up because they were closed (then why are you towing cars?), and no he did not know how much it would cost. I came in the next morning, after having to figure out how to get home at one in the morning. Now I expected to pay 180 $ to maybe $ 300 in the worst possible situation. But NOPE, they charged me a whopping $ 438 fee to tow and hold my car for less than 12 hours, FOR LESS THAN 12 HOURS. Not only that, the woman at the window was nothing less than completely rude and unfriendly. And didn’t provide any explanation for the absurd price except for the fact that $ 350 is the base charge for a tow (finding this hard to understand considering it’s a 10 minute drive) and $ 50 charge for a storage fee. Plus 38 $ in sales tax.
There is no way that this company had any good intentions by posting the tow sign in such an obscure location. It’s a complete cheap shot to charge someone 400 dollars for such a situation, this company is a complete scam. They have not heard the last from me.

Here is my story.
August 1^st my car is ‘stolen’ from Capitol Hill. I immediately contact SPD and fill out a full report. On August 6^th the SPD contacts me that it has been recovered by ET Towing.
Whoever ‘stole’ my car drove it less than one mile and parked in a Diamond Parking lot down in the Cascade neighborhood, where almost every space is reserved during the week for Pemco Insurance. But not the space they chose.
Diamond tickets my car multiple times per day for 5 days without checking with SPD. Then they call ET who tows it to their impound yard without checking with SPD. Then as required by law they phone in the plates to SPD — who calls me and lets me know where the car is.
Result = $ 500+ charge at ET and $ 250+ tickets from Diamond. No sign of forced entry to the car, which was locked — and someone used a ‘universal’ key to start the car. Nothing was taken, no damage.
Seem fishy to you? Yea, me too.
UPDATED 9÷23÷11
Diamond Parking not only reversed all of my tickets when I called and then sent them copies of the police reports, but also called A Rose Towing to try and influence them to refund all or part of my money. Thanks Diamond! However, A Rose refused and the matter will be in court sometime soon.