Phillips Towing

If your vehicle has been towed illegally, send a complaint to the Illinois Commerce Commission Police and cite the violations and illegal practices.
Towing companies must abide by the laws and rules under 625 ILCS5/​Illinois Vehicle Code chapter 18A and chapter 92 and the Illinois Administrative Code Part 1710.
Part 1710 (most important) can be found here:
Complaint form can be found here:
It is in my experience that Phillips Towing «stole» my scooter and «robbed» me of $ 300, and in violation of several codes found under section 1710.
They are legally required to display/​provide the Relocator Regulations, which they did not, presumably because they are scum pirates, in violation of the rules and regulations.
If you have the time, share this information.

Had my scooter stolen by this company from the Jewel-​parking lot at Division and Milwaukee today while I was in Kmart and Jewel! Agree with other posters, no negotiation, bunch of fat slobs, they are the devil.
I am attempting to contact the property manager to let them know that this company is bad for their business tenants. I will be seeing them in court for their illegal tow practices!

Typical towing company. Sarcastic and rude, immune to negotiation (they already have your car), and there’s a reason they hide behind bars and bulletproof glass.
The real story here is to just avoid the Jewel/​K-​Mart parking lot at Milwaukee and Ashland, unless you park very close to the Jewel. It is totally unclear which businesses are part of the «shopping center», and evidently they think the Dunkin Donuts is not, even though it has an entrance that FACES the shopping center. They probably also consider the Harris Bank «off-​site» as well. If you can get back to your car in under 2 – 3 minutes you can probably avoid the spotters they have staking out the lot, but they’re just coming from Halsted and Division so I wouldn’t be surprised if they could tow you in under 5 minutes flat. Also wouldn’t be surprised if the spotters intentionally made some «mistakes», since there’s no real way you can fight it once they have your car.

Thank you Unilocal.I will never ever ever use Phillips Towing.

My wife and I were unfortunate enough to stall our car inside the Children’s Hospital garage on Lincoln Avenue during Memorial Day weekend. After a couple of hours of trying to start the car, we figured we had to get it towed out. Both GM and Geico were unable to find a tow truck small enough to fit in the garage, so we thought that Phillips Towing could send a truck since their sign is on the wall. Silly me. Turns out the woman answering their phone is the rudest person I ever tried to converse with. She flat out refused to listen to us after we explained our situation to her. Then she hung up. She hung up on my wife and I every time we called after this. We got our car out the next day after several more hours of calling around. Since then I call the woman and curse her out every other day. They are the devil.

It’s never a good thing when your car gets towed.
My apartment building had my car towed from a lot I was authorized to park in. While Phillip’s Towing ultimately stole my car, it was at the request of the apartment building. I plan to seek damages from my apartment building, but the guy behind the window at Phillip’s was very nice and very understanding, even though he charged me $ 150 to steal my car.
Probably the most positive experience I could have had with a towing company… But no 5 star here… They still illegally towed my car.
Upon re-​examination of the situation, it’s become clear to me that Phillips Towing took it upon themselves to tow my car, rather than actually asking the property owner.
I deducted the $ 150 from my rent because it was really my landlord’s fault for employing such criminals.

Have any of you ever heard of a song by Steve Goodman called «The Lincoln Park Pirates»? It’s a song about the unfair towing practices that are rampant in the city of Chicago.
There is no doubt in my mind that Mr. Goodman was probably writing about the tow-​crazy bastards that run PHILLIPS TOWING.
Last month a friend and I went to Arturo’s on Western Ave. I have been there before, and I know which lot to park in for that business. Well, guess what happened at 3:30 am? I come outside to find my car TOWED! So, I call up the lovely troglodyte female that works nights at Phillips, and even she admitted that I WAS in the right lot, but a spotter said that he «saw» me go into a different restaruant.
Bulls#!t, you mofos! And I even have the friggen’ receipt to prove it! Your «spotters» are a bunch of crooked-​ass liars wanting to make a quick buck by hoping people don’t contest their parking tickets. I hope you all contract leprosy.
And how do I know for sure that the people at Phillips Towing are all a bunch of filthy, fat scumbags? Well, while I was waiting for a friend to pick us up, 4 (count ‘em, _​4_​) other people walked out of Arturo’s to find their cars had been towed as well. And while we were discussing the blatant unfairness of it all, here comes the Philips tow truck driver to tow away yet ANOTHER car.
By then the mob was angry, and decended upon the oily jerk who towed our cars. He had a shit-​eating grin on his face as he gleefully told us that he can’t help us, he only gets the calls to do his job.
So, I decided to butt in and say «Well, thank God I got a reiceipt, I’m going to contest this crap». To which the tow driver incredulously replied: «You HAVE a RECEIPT!!!» I swear, he looked like he was going to cough up frogs when I said that. I guess he didn’t expect that i’s demand my receipt back from Arturo’s (what restaurant keeps their customers’ receipts in the first place, anyway??)
I strongly suspect towing fraud. If I could give negative 666 stars, I totally would.
If you ever enter a parking lot run by Philips Towing, get the hell out of there, FAST.

Phillips, you are the devil. I will not die peacefully until I avenge the unfair towing of my car. I don’t know what steps I will take, whether it’s towing your tow trucks or hiding a swarm of angry bees to the part of my car you hook onto… frankly I don’t care what it takes. You made my dunkin donuts turbo coffee go cold from my walk to your craphole you call your headquarters. These guys are total scumbags and make their towing signs elusive and act like assholes when you call to see if your car is there or not. Also the fat jerks that work at this place let the Cabrini green kids run around the lot and trample other peoples cars. NICE!